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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 chore is Masvita doing while Nhamo prepares dinner?
(a) Making pots.
(b) Brushing her sister's hair.
(c) Gathering water.
(d) Separating corn kernels.

2. Why does Ruva stop eating?
(a) She wants the sick people to have her share.
(b) She is worried about her family.
(c) She wants to die to be with her mother.
(d) She is sick.

3. What is the name of the trader's wife?
(a) Rita.
(b) Rose.
(c) Rhonda.
(d) Rosa.

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

5. What is the hozi?
(a) The church.
(b) A communal storage facility.
(c) The house of Nhamo's grandmother.
(d) The river fountain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?

3. What does Masvita's aunt die from?

4. What does the muvuki use to diagnose the problem?

5. What does Grandmother pay to resolve the issue of the murdered man?

(see the answer key)

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