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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 is Nhamo's mother's name?
(a) Rennita.
(b) Rhamo.
(c) Runako.
(d) Ravtako.

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

3. What does Masvita's aunt die from?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. To what does Nhamo compare the trading post?
(a) A market.
(b) A money tribe.
(c) A circus.
(d) A carnival.

5. Why is Nhamo so afraid when she dreams about Crocodile Guts?
(a) She took his boat.
(b) He was always mean to her.
(c) She lied to him.
(d) He is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruva stop eating?

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

3. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?

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

5. What chore is Masvita doing while Nhamo prepares dinner?

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 happens when the baboons on the island see Nhamo?

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

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

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

6. How does Rosa try to help Nhamo?

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

8. What does Nhamo decide to hunt, and why?

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

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

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