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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chipo not like about the boat?
(a) The slowness.
(b) The rocking.
(c) The sounds.
(d) The movement.

2. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?
(a) They are white.
(b) They are fat.
(c) They are naked.
(d) They have strange hair.

3. Why is Nhamo not afraid of the animal that killed the carcass she finds after leaving the cave?
(a) She is too hungry.
(b) She thinks it is asleep.
(c) She has her knife with her.
(d) She knows it would not attack her.

4. What kind of tree sap does Nhamo use to plug the holes in the boat?
(a) Mulberry.
(b) Lucky Bean.
(c) Mutowa.
(d) Palm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Grandmother say Chipo felt when Nhamo was born?

2. What is the name of the man who owns the boat that Nhamo uses to escape?

3. Who helps a girl when she reaches womanhood?

4. What is destroyed when a baboon gets into Nhamo's platform?

5. With what do the baboons in Nhamo's story fill a goat skin?

(see the answer key)

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