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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. Why is Nhamo sitting in a fig tree at the beginning of the book?
(a) She is getting out of the heat.
(b) She is hiding from some boys.
(c) She is gathering figs for dinner.
(d) She is trying to avoid doing chores.

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

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

4. What does Chipo do in the days before Nhamo's wedding?
(a) Beats Nhamo.
(b) Scolds Nhamo.
(c) Ignores Nhamo.
(d) Hugs and holds Nhamo.

5. What does Nhamo take her grandmother to see when they reach their destination?
(a) A snake charmer.
(b) A wrestling match.
(c) A guitar player.
(d) A television.

Short Answer Questions

1. What useful item does Nhamo find in the hut on the island?

2. Who tells Nhamo to start working on her boat?

3. What does Grandmother pay to resolve the issue of the murdered man?

4. What do the baboons refuse to do for the deformed baboon?

5. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big 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. What does Nhamo do for Masvita when she can't sleep?

4. What is the story that Nhamo tells herself while waiting for her boat to be repaired?

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

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

7. What does Nhamo dream about after she sees the electric light?

8. What does Nhamo do to calm her fears while she waits for the hippos to leave?

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

10. How does Rosa try to help Nhamo?

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