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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the muvuki use to diagnose the problem?
(a) Hokoto leaves.
(b) Hukutu oil.
(c) Hikiti water.
(d) Hakata sticks.

2. What is a nganga?
(a) A leader.
(b) A sorcerer.
(c) A healer.
(d) A priest.

3. How does Nhamo feel when she is in the boat on her first day?
(a) Excited.
(b) Confused.
(c) Scared.
(d) Alone.

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

5. What does Chipo do in the days before Nhamo's wedding?
(a) Beats Nhamo.
(b) Scolds Nhamo.
(c) Ignores Nhamo.
(d) Hugs and holds Nhamo.

6. Who tells Nhamo to start working on her boat?
(a) The baboons.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Crocodile Guts.
(d) Her mother.

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

8. What kind of insect does Nhamo roast to eat?
(a) Grasshopper.
(b) Beetle.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Cricket.

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

10. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?
(a) She does not need food.
(b) She has other things to do.
(c) It is getting dark.
(d) She is dizzy.

11. Why is Nhamo so afraid when she dreams about Crocodile Guts?
(a) She lied to him.
(b) She took his boat.
(c) He was always mean to her.
(d) He is dead.

12. What does Nhamo yell at the big island for?
(a) Being too beautiful.
(b) Keeping her from continuing her journey.
(c) Being too big.
(d) Not being Zimbabwe.

13. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?
(a) Sang a sad song the rest of her days.
(b) Jumped off a cliff.
(c) Cursed him.
(d) Killed their baby.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nhamo do to get Ruva to eat?

2. What is a zango?

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

4. What does Nhamo try to imitate while learning to swim?

5. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?

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