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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the baboons do when they see Nhamo at the river getting water?
(a) Ignore her.
(b) Embrace her.
(c) Attack her.
(d) Run from her.

2. What does Nhamo use to hollow out her boat?
(a) A spear.
(b) Termites.
(c) Hot coals.
(d) Acidic venom.

3. How does Nhamo travel against the current?
(a) She turns the boat in wide circles.
(b) She zigzags.
(c) She paddles hard when the current is weak.
(d) She lets the wind blow her.

4. Where does Nhamo sleep while on the big island?
(a) On the lake shore.
(b) A hollowed out tree.
(c) In a cave.
(d) The boat.

5. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?
(a) They have strange hair.
(b) They are white.
(c) They are naked.
(d) They are fat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What useful item does Nhamo find in the hut on the island?

2. What does Chipo say the spirit demands in payment?

3. What is the first vehicle Nhamo sees?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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