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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 Chipo do in the days before Nhamo's wedding?
(a) Scolds Nhamo.
(b) Beats Nhamo.
(c) Hugs and holds Nhamo.
(d) Ignores Nhamo.

2. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?
(a) She had strange scars on her back.
(b) Her monthly bleeding stopped.
(c) She lost some of her hair.
(d) She was weak and listless.

3. What does Nhamo use to hollow out her boat?
(a) Termites.
(b) A spear.
(c) Hot coals.
(d) Acidic venom.

4. Where does Nhamo get the clay she uses to repair her boat?
(a) The river banks.
(b) A baboon nest.
(c) A termite hill.
(d) A beaver dam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows that Masvita is entering womanhood?

2. What does Chipo not like about the boat?

3. What does Nhamo get to protect her from Long Teats?

4. What does Nhamo make out of the bark of the tree?

5. In what lake is the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Nhamo dream about after being stung?

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

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

7. How does Rosa try to help Nhamo?

8. What happens when Nhamo procrastinates checking her animal traps?

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

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

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