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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of insect does Nhamo roast to eat?
(a) Cricket.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Grasshopper.

2. What does Nhamo name the deformed baboon?
(a) Stumpy.
(b) Fat Cheeks.
(c) Big Belly.
(d) Rumpy.

3. What do the people in the village tell Nhamo to avoid on her journey?
(a) The border patrol.
(b) Speaking her native language.
(c) Talking to spirits.
(d) Angering the leopard.

4. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?
(a) She is dizzy.
(b) She does not need food.
(c) It is getting dark.
(d) She has other things to do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what do the baboons in Nhamo's story fill a goat skin?

2. Where does Nhamo stay during the storm?

3. In a dream, what does Crocodile Guts remind Nhamo to do?

4. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big island?

5. What kind of tree sap does Nhamo use to plug the holes in the boat?

(see the answer key)

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