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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 Nhamo land after drifting unanchored all night?
(a) A strange lake.
(b) An island.
(c) The beach.
(d) A sand bar.

2. What is a nganga?
(a) A healer.
(b) A priest.
(c) A sorcerer.
(d) A leader.

3. What kind of tree does Nhamo decide to camp by on the island?
(a) Palm.
(b) Lucky bean.
(c) Bread fruit.
(d) Banana.

4. Who notices that Nhamo is jealous of Masvita's womanhood?
(a) Grandmother.
(b) Kafu.
(c) Masvita.
(d) Chipo.

5. Where does Nhamo's father's family live?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Zaire.
(d) Madagascar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Nhamo decide to get herself off the island?

3. What does Long Teats eat?

4. What does Nhamo take her grandmother to see when they reach their destination?

5. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nhamo dream about after being stung?

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

6. Why does Grandmother say Chipo never liked Nhamo?

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

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

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

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

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