View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comforts Nhamo after she is stung?
(a) The voice of her mother.
(b) The gentle wind.
(c) A cool rain.
(d) The baboons.

2. How did Grandmother say Chipo felt when Nhamo was born?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Angry.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Confused.

3. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?
(a) A tin box.
(b) A magazine cover.
(c) A tea cup.
(d) A chocolate wrapper.

4. What does Nhamo hunt on her first try?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Wombats.
(c) Dassies.
(d) Lemurs.

5. Whom does Nhamo dream about going over a cliff?
(a) Chipo.
(b) Crocodile Guts.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Masvita.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of insect does Nhamo roast to eat?

2. What does Chipo not like about the boat?

3. Why is Nhamo so afraid when she dreams about Crocodile Guts?

4. What does the sting that Nhamo gets while working on her boat cause her to do?

5. How does Nhamo feel when she is in the boat on her first day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nhamo do when she finds all the food on the big island?

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

6. What does Nhamo dream about after being stung?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 867 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample