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

2. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?
(a) Killed their baby.
(b) Sang a sad song the rest of her days.
(c) Jumped off a cliff.
(d) Cursed him.

3. What do the baboons refuse to do for the deformed baboon?
(a) Protect him.
(b) Sleep near him.
(c) Hunt for him.
(d) Groom him.

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

5. What does Nhamo do in an effort to get more food?
(a) Follows the baboons.
(b) Plants a larger garden.
(c) Dries her fruit.
(d) Follows animal tracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ruins Nhamo's traps?

2. What does Chipo not like about the boat?

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

4. What does Nhamo use to hollow out her boat?

5. What does Nhamo yell at the big island for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to Nhamo while she is fighting against the current, and what does this mean to her?

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

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

7. Why does Grandmother say Chipo never liked Nhamo?

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

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

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

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