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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Nhamo's father's surname?
(a) Jongwut.
(b) Jongkaw.
(c) Jongwe.
(d) Jonga.

3. What does Nhamo do to comfort her cousin who gets teased?
(a) Sings a song.
(b) Makes some food.
(c) Plays a game.
(d) Tells a story.

4. What does the family send after Nhamo when they see her in the yard?
(a) Dogs.
(b) The police.
(c) Their son.
(d) A servant.

5. What does Muzuku say to Nhamo as she is preparing to live with her father's family?
(a) She can always come back to Efifi.
(b) She hopes they meet again someday.
(c) She made it.
(d) She should be proud of her accomplishments.

6. Why does the person Nhamo talks to at her family's house accept her?
(a) She is a person in need.
(b) She is pretty.
(c) She looks like his first wife.
(d) She has lived an amazing life.

7. What does Nhamo think when she looks in the mirror at the hospital?
(a) She is happy.
(b) She is surprised.
(c) She is disgusted.
(d) She is disbelieving.

8. What does Nhamo want to do after her possessions are ruined?
(a) Leave.
(b) Kill.
(c) Dry.
(d) Die.

9. What kind of carcass does Nhamo find after leaving the cave?
(a) Baboon.
(b) Lemur.
(c) Deer.
(d) Antelope.

10. About what does Nhamo tell Baba Joseph?
(a) Her journey.
(b) Sacrificing cows.
(c) Long Teats.
(d) Her mother.

11. Who likes Nhamo the most at Efifi?
(a) Baba Joseph.
(b) Mr. Heerden.
(c) Dr. Masuku.
(d) Father Jasuka.

12. Why does Dr. Masuku want to send Nhamo to the city?
(a) To get out of the way.
(b) To heal from her illness.
(c) To go to school.
(d) To find her father.

13. What does Nhamo do when she sees her doctor for the first time?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Faints.
(c) Throws something at him.
(d) Screams.

14. In what form do the njuzu come?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Waves.
(c) Small beetles.
(d) Wind.

15. Where does Nhamo stay during the storm?
(a) In a cave.
(b) Her overturned boat.
(c) A hollow tree.
(d) An abandoned hut.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nhamo's grandfather make his fortune?

2. Whom does Nhamo ask about the ceremony Baba Joseph did on her?

3. What signals the beginning of the rainy season?

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

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

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