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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 trying to avoid doing chores.
(d) She is getting out of the heat.

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

3. Where does Nhamo get the clay she uses to repair her boat?
(a) A beaver dam.
(b) A baboon nest.
(c) The river banks.
(d) A termite hill.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Long Teats eat?
(a) Baby's blood.
(b) Dead humans.
(c) Finger nails.
(d) Children.

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

10. What kind of tree does Nhamo decide to camp by on the island?
(a) Lucky bean.
(b) Banana.
(c) Bread fruit.
(d) Palm.

11. What shows that Masvita is entering womanhood?
(a) Her prominent brow.
(b) Her sprouting bosoms.
(c) Her long hair.
(d) Her monthly bleeding.

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

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

14. 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 months of wheat harvest.
(d) Two cows.

15. Where does Nhamo sleep while on the big island?
(a) A hollowed out tree.
(b) In a cave.
(c) On the lake shore.
(d) The boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a baby baboon do that makes Nhamo feel comforted?

2. Why is Nhamo so afraid when she dreams about Crocodile Guts?

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

4. Whom does Nhamo dream about going over a cliff?

5. Who tells Nhamo to find more people in her life?

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