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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What useful item does Nhamo find in the hut on the island?
(a) A shovel.
(b) Some rope.
(c) A knife.
(d) A rudding stick.

3. Why is the boy in Nhamo's story making a rope?
(a) To climb to the sky.
(b) To tie up his future wife.
(c) To wrap the world.
(d) To pull his grandmother's farm closer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Nhamo sitting in a fig tree at the beginning of the book?

2. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?

3. What killed Nhamo's mother?

4. What comforts Nhamo after she is stung?

5. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?

(see the answer key)

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