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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the family not do while eating dinner?
(a) Drink.
(b) Talk.
(c) Look at each other.
(d) Chew their food.

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

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

5. Where does Nhamo land after drifting unanchored all night?
(a) The beach.
(b) A strange lake.
(c) A sand bar.
(d) An island.

6. What does Nhamo have to fight off when she first gets to the big island?
(a) A jaguar.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A baboon.
(d) A lemur.

7. In what lake is the island?
(a) Carbona Bassa.
(b) Calenda Blessa.
(c) Cabrinda Bissa.
(d) Cabora Bassa.

8. What kind of animal causes Nhamo to take a break from her boating?
(a) Crocodile.
(b) Hippo.
(c) Snake.
(d) Rhino.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. What is the hozi?
(a) The house of Nhamo's grandmother.
(b) A communal storage facility.
(c) The river fountain.
(d) The church.

14. What does Kufa say the disobedient wife was eaten by?
(a) A baby.
(b) A snake.
(c) A leopard.
(d) A tiger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the trader's wife think of the muvuki?

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

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

4. What is a nganga?

5. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?

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