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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?
(a) She lost some of her hair.
(b) She was weak and listless.
(c) She had strange scars on her back.
(d) Her monthly bleeding stopped.

2. What does Kufa say the disobedient wife was eaten by?
(a) A baby.
(b) A leopard.
(c) A snake.
(d) A tiger.

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

4. What does Masvita's aunt die from?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Cholera.

5. Why is Nhamo sitting in a fig tree at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is gathering figs for dinner.
(b) She is trying to avoid doing chores.
(c) She is hiding from some boys.
(d) She is getting out of the heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a nganga?

2. What is the name of Masvita's aunt in the other village?

3. What does Nhamo take her grandmother to see when they reach their destination?

4. What is the hozi?

5. What is the name of the trader's wife?

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