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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) An animal paw print.
(d) A mouse.

3. What do the baboons do when they see Nhamo at the river getting water?
(a) Run from her.
(b) Embrace her.
(c) Ignore her.
(d) Attack her.

4. How does Nhamo travel against the current?
(a) She lets the wind blow her.
(b) She turns the boat in wide circles.
(c) She zigzags.
(d) She paddles hard when the current is weak.

5. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The burial grounds.
(b) The great falls.
(c) The cleanser.
(d) The trading post.

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

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

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

9. What does Masvita's aunt die from?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Typhoid.

10. What are njuzu?
(a) Strange waves.
(b) Nutritional water plants.
(c) Water spirits.
(d) River scavengers.

11. What is Nhamo's mother's name?
(a) Runako.
(b) Rennita.
(c) Rhamo.
(d) Ravtako.

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

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

14. What does Nhamo get to protect her from Long Teats?
(a) A large fire.
(b) Long branches.
(c) A phial of spring water.
(d) Face paint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the lone baboon on the island?

2. What starts while Nhamo is fighting against the current?

3. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?

4. Who tells Nhamo to start working on her boat?

5. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?

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