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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 chore is Masvita doing while Nhamo prepares dinner?
(a) Making pots.
(b) Gathering water.
(c) Brushing her sister's hair.
(d) Separating corn kernels.

2. What is the name of the man who owns the boat that Nhamo uses to escape?
(a) Crocodile Guts.
(b) Salamander Tail.
(c) Newt Toes.
(d) Frog Head.

3. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big island?
(a) Fig tree.
(b) Water tree.
(c) Oak tree.
(d) Coconut tree.

4. What is the name of Masvita's aunt in the other village?
(a) Violet.
(b) Vatete.
(c) Volliant.
(d) Vilate.

5. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?
(a) A light.
(b) A star.
(c) A herd of cranes.
(d) A curve in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the trader's wife?

2. What does Chipo say the spirit demands in payment?

3. What does Nhamo see as a sign that she can keep the item she found in the hut on the island?

4. What does Kufa say the disobedient wife was eaten by?

5. What does a baby baboon do that makes Nhamo feel comforted?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things occupy Nhamo's time when she is first settling on the island?

2. How does Grandmother want Nhamo to escape?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Nhamo do for Masvita when she can't sleep?

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