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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nhamo do when she finds a goat underground?
(a) Lay down with it.
(b) Drinks some milk.
(c) Chases it away.
(d) Kills and eats it.

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

3. What news does Nhamo get about Masvita during summer vacation?
(a) She had another baby.
(b) Her monthly bleeding never came back.
(c) She is married to the man Nhamo was promised to.
(d) She died.

4. What does the wasp do after killing something in front of Nhamo?
(a) Eats his prize.
(b) Dies.
(c) Flies away.
(d) Lays some eggs.

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

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

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

8. Which baboon gets into Nhamo's platform?
(a) Rumpy.
(b) Fat Cheeks.
(c) Stumpy.
(d) Tag.

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

10. What was Nhamo's father's name?
(a) Prince.
(b) Prime.
(c) Proud.
(d) Pint.

11. What is the name of the cousin that Nhamo becomes close with after moving in with her father's family?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Clever.
(c) Clutter.
(d) Critter.

12. What does Nhamo's mother tell her after she learns about the leopard on the island?
(a) To be careful.
(b) To protect herself.
(c) To not worry.
(d) To leave soon.

13. How does Nhamo feel when Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?
(a) Angry.
(b) Confused.
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

14. What is Nhamo's aunt's name in her father's family?
(a) Emma.
(b) Edina.
(c) Emily.
(d) Edna.

15. What does Musuku teach Nhamo to wear?
(a) Underwear.
(b) Head wraps.
(c) Pants.
(d) Dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Baba Joseph's people NOT do with hot coals?

2. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?

3. What does Nhamo do to comfort her cousin who gets teased?

4. What does Muzuku say to Nhamo as she is preparing to live with her father's family?

5. Why does Nhamo attack Dr. Van Heerden when he comes back from the city?

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