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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the family not do while eating dinner?
(a) Drink.
(b) Look at each other.
(c) Talk.
(d) Chew their food.

2. What does Nhamo use to hollow out her boat?
(a) Hot coals.
(b) Acidic venom.
(c) Termites.
(d) A spear.

3. What is wrong with the lone baboon on the island?
(a) It is missing an eye.
(b) It has a gash on its back.
(c) It has a deformed arm.
(d) It has a twisted foot.

4. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?
(a) Her monthly bleeding stopped.
(b) She lost some of her hair.
(c) She was weak and listless.
(d) She had strange scars on her back.

5. What kind of carcass does Nhamo find after leaving the cave?
(a) Antelope.
(b) Baboon.
(c) Deer.
(d) Lemur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Useless marry?

2. What does Nhamo have to fight off when she first gets to the big island?

3. Where does Nhamo get the idea to plug the holes in the boat?

4. What is Nhamo's mother's name?

5. What kind of animal causes Nhamo to take a break from her boating?

(see the answer key)

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