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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. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The burial grounds.
(b) The cleanser.
(c) The great falls.
(d) The trading post.

2. What does Masvita's aunt die from?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Typhoid.

3. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?
(a) She does not need food.
(b) It is getting dark.
(c) She has other things to do.
(d) She is dizzy.

4. What killed Nhamo's mother?
(a) A jealous man.
(b) A leopard.
(c) A lion.
(d) A strange sickness.

5. What does Nhamo teach herself during her boat journey?
(a) To steer.
(b) To swim.
(c) To bathe.
(d) To fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nhamo want to do on the tiny island off of the big island?

2. What does Grandmother say she wants to help Nhamo do?

3. What does the family not do while eating dinner?

4. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?

5. What does Chipo do in the days before Nhamo's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Nhamo's grandmother tell her at the beginning of the book?

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

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

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

5. What did Nhamo's grandmother do when her daughter was eaten by a leopard, and why is this so touching to Nhamo?

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

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

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

9. What does Grandmother reveal about Nhamo's father at the trading post?

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

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