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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shows that Masvita is entering womanhood?
(a) Her prominent brow.
(b) Her monthly bleeding.
(c) Her long hair.
(d) Her sprouting bosoms.

2. Who did Useless marry?
(a) A njuzu.
(b) A princess.
(c) A nganga.
(d) A muzuki.

3. Who tells Nhamo to start working on her boat?
(a) Crocodile Guts.
(b) The baboons.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

4. How long does Nhamo fight the current before she sees land?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A week.
(c) Several days.
(d) A day and a night.

5. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?
(a) Killed their baby.
(b) Sang a sad song the rest of her days.
(c) Jumped off a cliff.
(d) Cursed him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who notices that Nhamo is jealous of Masvita's womanhood?

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

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the food items Nhamo finds on the big island?

4. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?

5. What is wrong with the lone baboon on the island?

(see the answer key)

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