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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. In a dream, what does Crocodile Guts remind Nhamo to do?
(a) Have faith in her abilities.
(b) Pack food for her journey.
(c) Listen to the njuzu.
(d) Thank the ancestors.

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

3. What is the name of Nhamo's favorite baboon baby?
(a) Tag.
(b) Tick.
(c) Tom.
(d) Tim.

4. What is Princess Senwa's husband's name?
(a) Kinkla.
(b) Kramona.
(c) Kakono.
(d) Karken.

5. What is a nganga?
(a) A healer.
(b) A leader.
(c) A priest.
(d) A sorcerer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the baboons do when they see Nhamo at the river getting water?

2. How does Nhamo decide to get herself off the island?

3. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?

4. What is wrong with the lone baboon on the island?

5. In what lake is the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Nhamo upset as the family is travelling to the trading post, and how is this resolved?

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

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

4. What happens when the baboons on the island see Nhamo?

5. What happens when Nhamo is stung while working on her boat?

6. What does Nhamo decide to hunt, and why?

7. What changes in the village after the cholera passes?

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

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

10. How does Rosa try to help Nhamo?

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