2. Which of the following is NOT one of the food items Nhamo finds on the big island?
(a) Mealies.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Bananas.

3. What does Grandmother say she wants to help Nhamo do?
(a) Escape.
(b) Understand her family.
(c) Be a good wife.
(d) Find a good husband.

4. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?
(a) A star.
(b) A light.
(c) A herd of cranes.
(d) A curve in the river.

5. Where does Nhamo get the clay she uses to repair her boat?
(a) A baboon nest.
(b) A termite hill.
(c) A beaver dam.
(d) The river banks.

6. What ruins Nhamo's traps?
(a) A snake.
(b) A wild cat.
(c) A baboon.
(d) A large bird.

7. What does the sting that Nhamo gets while working on her boat cause her to do?
(a) Hallucinate.
(b) Swell up.
(c) Faint.
(d) Lose feeling in her hand.

8. What does Nhamo get stung by while working on her boat?
(a) A bee.
(b) A hornet.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A horned beetle.

9. Why does Ruva stop eating?
(a) She is worried about her family.
(b) She is sick.
(c) She wants to die to be with her mother.
(d) She wants the sick people to have her share.

10. What is the name of Masvita's aunt in the other village?
(a) Vatete.
(b) Volliant.
(c) Violet.
(d) Vilate.

11. What is the name of the trader's wife?
(a) Rosa.
(b) Rose.
(c) Rita.
(d) Rhonda.

12. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?
(a) A tin box.
(b) A chocolate wrapper.
(c) A tea cup.
(d) A magazine cover.

13. Who tells Nhamo to find more people in her life?
(a) The Njuzu.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Crocodile Guts.
(d) Her grandmother's spirit.

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

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