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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nhamo get to protect her from Long Teats?
(a) Face paint.
(b) Long branches.
(c) A phial of spring water.
(d) A large fire.

2. Where does Nhamo's father's family live?
(a) Madagascar.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Zaire.

3. What does Nhamo use to wash the dishes?
(a) Bathing water.
(b) Ash and sand.
(c) Waterless soap.
(d) River water.

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

5. What do the baboons refuse to do for the deformed baboon?
(a) Sleep near him.
(b) Protect him.
(c) Hunt for him.
(d) Groom him.

6. What killed Nhamo's mother?
(a) A strange sickness.
(b) A jealous man.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A lion.

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

8. What does Nhamo name the deformed baboon?
(a) Stumpy.
(b) Fat Cheeks.
(c) Rumpy.
(d) Big Belly.

9. What is Nhamo's mother's name?
(a) Rhamo.
(b) Rennita.
(c) Runako.
(d) Ravtako.

10. What chore is Masvita doing while Nhamo prepares dinner?
(a) Making pots.
(b) Brushing her sister's hair.
(c) Separating corn kernels.
(d) Gathering water.

11. What does Grandmother pay to resolve the issue of the murdered man?
(a) Two cows.
(b) Two months of wheat harvest.
(c) Two pounds of sugar cane.
(d) Two sacks of mealies.

12. What does Nhamo do to get Ruva to eat?
(a) Tells a story.
(b) Makes her favorite food.
(c) Reminds her of her mother's dying wish.
(d) Tells her the family is well.

13. Where does Masvita go after the meeting with the muvuki?
(a) The inn.
(b) Her home village.
(c) Vatete's village.
(d) The trader's house.

14. Why is Nhamo sitting in a fig tree at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is getting out of the heat.
(b) She is gathering figs for dinner.
(c) She is hiding from some boys.
(d) She is trying to avoid doing chores.

15. What is the name of the man who owns the boat that Nhamo uses to escape?
(a) Newt Toes.
(b) Frog Head.
(c) Crocodile Guts.
(d) Salamander Tail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the boy in Nhamo's story making a rope?

2. In what lake is the island?

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

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

5. Where does Nhamo land after drifting unanchored all night?

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