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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a zango?
(a) A valuable jewel.
(b) A family crest.
(c) A charm against witches.
(d) A sign of the epidemic.

2. With what do the baboons in Nhamo's story fill a goat skin?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Banana peels.
(c) Droppings.
(d) Hay.

3. To what does Nhamo compare the baboons as she watches them by the river?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Humans.
(c) Devils.
(d) Spirits.

4. What is Nhamo's mother's name?
(a) Runako.
(b) Rennita.
(c) Rhamo.
(d) Ravtako.

5. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The trading post.
(b) The great falls.
(c) The burial grounds.
(d) The cleanser.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?

2. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?

3. What does Nhamo do with the fish she catches?

4. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?

5. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?

(see the answer key)

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