View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Nhamo when her mother died?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?
(a) To steer.
(b) To bathe.
(c) To swim.
(d) To fish.

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

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

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

6. What does Nhamo see as a sign that she can keep the item she found in the hut on the island?
(a) An adder.
(b) A gardenia branch.
(c) A mouse.
(d) An animal paw print.

7. What does Nhamo want to do on the tiny island off of the big island?
(a) Smoke meat.
(b) Build a house.
(c) Make a fire pit.
(d) Plant her garden.

8. Whom does Nhamo dream about going over a cliff?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Chipo.
(c) Crocodile Guts.
(d) Masvita.

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

10. What comforts Nhamo after she is stung?
(a) The voice of her mother.
(b) The gentle wind.
(c) A cool rain.
(d) The baboons.

11. Who calls Nhamo's mother a witch?
(a) Chipo.
(b) Masvita.
(c) Tazviona.
(d) Tilltiana.

12. What is a zango?
(a) A family crest.
(b) A charm against witches.
(c) A valuable jewel.
(d) A sign of the epidemic.

13. How does Nhamo decide to get herself off the island?
(a) Repair the damaged boat.
(b) Swim with the current.
(c) Wait for more humans.
(d) Build a new boat.

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

15. What starts while Nhamo is fighting against the current?
(a) The bird migration.
(b) Her monthly bleeding.
(c) The fall rains.
(d) Her panic attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruva stop eating?

2. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big island?

3. Why is Nhamo sitting in a fig tree at the beginning of the book?

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

5. Who did Useless marry?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 411 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample