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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nhamo's family do when they return to their village?
(a) Communicate with Nhamo's future husband.
(b) Prepare for her wedding.
(c) Serve Masvita to help heal her.
(d) Work her to the bone.

2. What does the trader's wife think of the muvuki?
(a) He is crazy.
(b) He is a wise man.
(c) He is a fraud.
(d) He is greedy.

3. Where does Nhamo land after drifting unanchored all night?
(a) A strange lake.
(b) An island.
(c) The beach.
(d) A sand bar.

4. What does the muvuki use to diagnose the problem?
(a) Hokoto leaves.
(b) Hikiti water.
(c) Hukutu oil.
(d) Hakata sticks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Nhamo when her mother died?

2. In a dream, what does Crocodile Guts remind Nhamo to do?

3. What is a zango?

4. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?

5. What does Nhamo try to imitate while learning to swim?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grandmother tell Nhamo about her mother the day Masvita enters womanhood?

2. What does Nhamo see as a positive sign from the spirit of the dead man in the hut?

3. What does the muvuki determine will be done to make payment for the dead man?

4. What happens when Nhamo's food rations run out?

5. What happens when Nhamo procrastinates checking her animal traps?

6. How does Nhamo feel when the hippos are gone, and why?

7. What does a baby baboon do to prove that Nhamo has been accepted into the tribe, and how does Nhamo respond to this?

8. What does Nhamo think her dream about Long Teats was trying to tell her?

9. How does Nhamo figure out a better way to hollow out her boat?

10. How does Grandmother want Nhamo to escape?

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