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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 Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The cleanser.
(b) The great falls.
(c) The burial grounds.
(d) The trading post.

2. Why does Nhamo procrastinate checking her animal traps?
(a) She is dizzy.
(b) She does not need food.
(c) She has other things to do.
(d) It is getting dark.

3. What is the hozi?
(a) A communal storage facility.
(b) The river fountain.
(c) The house of Nhamo's grandmother.
(d) The church.

4. What does Nhamo want to do on the tiny island off of the big island?
(a) Build a house.
(b) Plant her garden.
(c) Make a fire pit.
(d) Smoke meat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Masvita's aunt in the other village?

2. To what does Nhamo compare the baboons as she watches them by the river?

3. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?

4. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?

5. What does Chipo not like about the boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nhamo think her dream about Long Teats was trying to tell her?

3. What does Nhamo do in the forest when she is supposed to be collecting firewood?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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