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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 does Ruva stop eating?
(a) She wants to die to be with her mother.
(b) She is worried about her family.
(c) She wants the sick people to have her share.
(d) She is sick.

2. What is a zango?
(a) A family crest.
(b) A valuable jewel.
(c) A charm against witches.
(d) A sign of the epidemic.

3. What does Grandmother pay to resolve the issue of the murdered man?
(a) Two months of wheat harvest.
(b) Two cows.
(c) Two sacks of mealies.
(d) Two pounds of sugar cane.

4. What kind of insect does Nhamo roast to eat?
(a) Beetle.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Grasshopper.
(d) Cricket.

5. Where does Masvita go after the meeting with the muvuki?
(a) Vatete's village.
(b) The inn.
(c) Her home village.
(d) The trader's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nhamo land after drifting unanchored all night?

2. What is the hozi?

3. What does Nhamo do to get Ruva to eat?

4. What does the trader's wife think of the muvuki?

5. Where does Nhamo sleep while on the big island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nhamo dream about after being stung?

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

5. What does Nhamo do to get the deformed baboon off the small island?

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

7. How does Grandmother want Nhamo to escape?

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

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

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

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