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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a zango?
(a) A valuable jewel.
(b) A charm against witches.
(c) A family crest.
(d) A sign of the epidemic.
2. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?
(a) It is getting dark.
(b) She does not need food.
(c) She has other things to do.
(d) She is dizzy.
3. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?
(a) A tea cup.
(b) A magazine cover.
(c) A tin box.
(d) A chocolate wrapper.
4. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?
(a) A light.
(b) A star.
(c) A herd of cranes.
(d) A curve in the river.
5. What does Nhamo yell at the big island for?
(a) Being too beautiful.
(b) Not being Zimbabwe.
(c) Keeping her from continuing her journey.
(d) Being too big.
6. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big island?
(a) Coconut tree.
(b) Fig tree.
(c) Oak tree.
(d) Water tree.
7. What do the baboons do when they see Nhamo at the river getting water?
(a) Run from her.
(b) Attack her.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Embrace her.
8. What does Chipo not like about the boat?
(a) The slowness.
(b) The sounds.
(c) The movement.
(d) The rocking.
9. What does Long Teats eat?
(a) Children.
(b) Finger nails.
(c) Baby's blood.
(d) Dead humans.
10. What does Nhamo take her grandmother to see when they reach their destination?
(a) A wrestling match.
(b) A guitar player.
(c) A snake charmer.
(d) A television.
11. To what does Nhamo compare the trading post?
(a) A market.
(b) A circus.
(c) A money tribe.
(d) A carnival.
12. What does the muvuki use to diagnose the problem?
(a) Hokoto leaves.
(b) Hikiti water.
(c) Hakata sticks.
(d) Hukutu oil.
13. What does Nhamo get stung by while working on her boat?
(a) A hornet.
(b) A bee.
(c) A horned beetle.
(d) A scorpion.
14. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The cleanser.
(b) The burial grounds.
(c) The great falls.
(d) The trading post.
15. In what lake is the island?
(a) Carbona Bassa.
(b) Cabora Bassa.
(c) Calenda Blessa.
(d) Cabrinda Bissa.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who helps a girl when she reaches womanhood?
2. What does a baby baboon do that makes Nhamo feel comforted?
3. What does Nhamo do in an effort to get more food?
4. What comforts Nhamo after she is stung?
5. What do the baboons refuse to do for the deformed baboon?
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