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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Nhamo not allowed to stay overnight in the village?
(a) She tells them the leopard is tracking her.
(b) She tells them she is from another country.
(c) She talks about her fondness for the baboons.
(d) She mentions that she talks to spirits.

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

4. To whom does Nhamo tell her story at her family's house?
(a) A nganga.
(b) The servant.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her aunt.

5. Where does Baba Joseph try to heal Nhamo?
(a) In her room.
(b) In a church.
(c) On a mountain.
(d) In the livestock pen.

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is NOT something Nhamo learns while at Efifi?
(a) Math.
(b) Reading
(c) Writing.
(d) History.

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

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

12. What news does a haze tell Nhamo one day at Efifi?
(a) Her father has passed on.
(b) Her family is waiting.
(c) Grandmother is dead.
(d) She has honored her mother.

13. Who takes Nhamo to meet her family?
(a) Sister Gina.
(b) Sister Mary.
(c) Sister Martha.
(d) Sister Gladys.

14. Who does Musuku want Nhamo to contact after her ceremony with Baba Joseph?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her father.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A school.

15. Which of the following spirits does NOT come to Nhamo to speak with her at the end of the book?
(a) Proud Jongwe.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Masvita.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nhamo feel when Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?

2. Where does Nhamo go for summer vacation?

3. With whom does Nhamo spend most of her time after hearing that Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?

4. Who takes care of Nhamo when she moves to her father's family's house?

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

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