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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 Nhamo do with the fish she catches?
(a) Eats them.
(b) Uses them in animal traps.
(c) Dries them.
(d) Smokes them.

2. How did Grandmother say Chipo felt when Nhamo was born?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

3. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big island?
(a) Water tree.
(b) Oak tree.
(c) Coconut tree.
(d) Fig tree.

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

5. What are njuzu?
(a) Strange waves.
(b) Water spirits.
(c) Nutritional water plants.
(d) River scavengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nhamo make out of the bark of the tree?

2. What kind of animal does Nhamo think lives in the cave with the tree?

3. Where does Nhamo stay during the storm?

4. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?

5. What is the name of Masvita's aunt in the other village?

(see the answer key)

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