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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Nhamo compare the trading post?
(a) A circus.
(b) A money tribe.
(c) A carnival.
(d) A market.

2. What does Nhamo try to imitate while learning to swim?
(a) Animals.
(b) Insects.
(c) Men from the village.
(d) Fish.

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

4. What does Nhamo have to fight off when she first gets to the big island?
(a) A crocodile.
(b) A lemur.
(c) A jaguar.
(d) A baboon.

5. Where does Nhamo get the clay she uses to repair her boat?
(a) A baboon nest.
(b) A beaver dam.
(c) The river banks.
(d) A termite hill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nhamo decide to get herself off the island?

2. What is a nganga?

3. Who helps a girl when she reaches womanhood?

4. Where does Nhamo's father's family live?

5. What does Nhamo see as a sign that she can keep the item she found in the hut on the island?

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