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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the farmer in Nhamo's story do to get back at the baboons?
(a) Poisons the waterhole.
(b) Takes their food.
(c) Digs a pit.
(d) Kidnaps their leader.

2. Who takes care of Nhamo when she moves to her father's family's house?
(a) The ngaga.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) The servants.
(d) Her aunt.

3. Who does the woman in the margarine ad look like?
(a) Musuku.
(b) Nhamo.
(c) Edina.
(d) Nhamo's grandmother.

4. What kind of tree does Nhamo find in a cave?
(a) Lucky Bean.
(b) Mulberry.
(c) Banana.
(d) Fig.

5. What kind of house does Nhamo's family live in?
(a) Apartment.
(b) Hut.
(c) Mansion.
(d) House.

6. How are Nhamo and the nganga related?
(a) He is her great-uncle.
(b) He is her great-grandfather.
(c) He is her uncle.
(d) He is her grandfather.

7. With what do the baboons in Nhamo's story fill a goat skin?
(a) Hay.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Droppings.
(d) Banana peels.

8. What does Nhamo like to do when she is around the adults at Efifi?
(a) Listen to them talk.
(b) Touch them.
(c) Tell them about her journey.
(d) Get them to smile.

9. What is Nhamo's mother doing in her dream after she sees the goat underground?
(a) Driving.
(b) Reading.
(c) Singing.
(d) Cooking.

10. Why does Dr. Van Heerden not go with Nhamo the first time she approaches the family?
(a) Nhamo asks to go alone.
(b) He has an appointment.
(c) He does not want to intrude.
(d) He is white.

11. Which of the following do Baba Joseph's people NOT do with hot coals?
(a) Eat them.
(b) Roll on them.
(c) Cook over them.
(d) Walk on them.

12. Why do the baboons in Nhamo's play a prank on the farmer?
(a) The baboons want his hut.
(b) The farmer does not share his food.
(c) The farmer took their land.
(d) The baboons think he killed their leader.

13. Whom does Nhamo ask about the ceremony Baba Joseph did on her?
(a) Kira.
(b) Mother.
(c) Baba Joseph.
(d) Van Heerden.

14. What is Efifi?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A college.
(c) A science research center.
(d) A church.

15. Why is Nhamo so shocked about her doctor?
(a) He is tall.
(b) He is young.
(c) He is old.
(d) He is white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family send after Nhamo when they see her in the yard?

2. Which of the following spirits does NOT come to Nhamo to speak with her at the end of the book?

3. What was Nhamo's father's totem animal?

4. What is the first vehicle Nhamo sees?

5. Why does Dr. Van Heerden interrupt Baba Joseph when he is trying to cure Nhamo?

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