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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ruins Nhamo's traps?
(a) A wild cat.
(b) A large bird.
(c) A snake.
(d) A baboon.

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

3. What does Nhamo do with the fish she catches?
(a) Uses them in animal traps.
(b) Eats them.
(c) Smokes them.
(d) Dries them.

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

5. What is the name of the man who owns the boat that Nhamo uses to escape?
(a) Frog Head.
(b) Newt Toes.
(c) Crocodile Guts.
(d) Salamander Tail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the farmer in Nhamo's story do to get back at the baboons?

2. To what does Nhamo compare the baboons as she watches them by the river?

3. What do the baboons do when they see Nhamo at the river getting water?

4. What is a zango?

5. How does Nhamo travel against the current?

(see the answer key)

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