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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Masvita go after the meeting with the muvuki?
(a) The inn.
(b) The trader's house.
(c) Her home village.
(d) Vatete's village.

2. Which baboon gets into Nhamo's platform?
(a) Tag.
(b) Fat Cheeks.
(c) Stumpy.
(d) Rumpy.

3. What kind of tree sap does Nhamo use to plug the holes in the boat?
(a) Mulberry.
(b) Lucky Bean.
(c) Palm.
(d) Mutowa.

4. Why does Dr. Masuku not want to get married?
(a) It is like slavery.
(b) She is wealthy.
(c) It is old fashioned.
(d) Her mother told her not to.

5. What does Nhamo do when she finds a goat underground?
(a) Drinks some milk.
(b) Kills and eats it.
(c) Chases it away.
(d) Lay down with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nhamo want to do on the tiny island off of the big island?

2. How does Nhamo travel against the current?

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

4. What does Nhamo name the deformed baboon?

5. Why does Dr. Van Heerden interrupt Baba Joseph when he is trying to cure Nhamo?

(see the answer key)

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