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

2. Who notices that Nhamo is jealous of Masvita's womanhood?
(a) Masvita.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Kafu.
(d) Chipo.

3. Who calls Nhamo's mother a witch?
(a) Tazviona.
(b) Masvita.
(c) Tilltiana.
(d) Chipo.

4. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The trading post.
(b) The cleanser.
(c) The great falls.
(d) The burial grounds.

5. What does Chipo say the spirit demands in payment?
(a) More money.
(b) Masvita.
(c) Another cow.
(d) Nhamo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family not do while eating dinner?

2. What does the trader's wife think of the muvuki?

3. What is the hozi?

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

5. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?

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