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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 is Nhamo not allowed to stay overnight in the village?
(a) She talks about her fondness for the baboons.
(b) She tells them she is from another country.
(c) She mentions that she talks to spirits.
(d) She tells them the leopard is tracking her.

2. What does the farmer in Nhamo's story do to get back at the baboons?
(a) Kidnaps their leader.
(b) Poisons the waterhole.
(c) Takes their food.
(d) Digs a pit.

3. What kind of tree sap does Nhamo use to plug the holes in the boat?
(a) Lucky Bean.
(b) Palm.
(c) Mutowa.
(d) Mulberry.

4. What does the nganga give Nhamo to prove her parentage?
(a) A written letter of approval.
(b) Her parent's wedding license.
(c) Her father's birth certificate.
(d) A picture.

5. What is Nhamo's father's surname?
(a) Jongwe.
(b) Jongkaw.
(c) Jonga.
(d) Jongwut.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Nhamo and the nganga related?

2. Which of the following is NOT something Nhamo learns while at Efifi?

3. What was Nhamo's father's name?

4. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?

5. Where did Nhamo's grandfather make his fortune?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Baba Joseph do to Nhamo's panga, and how does Nhamo feel about this?

2. How does Nhamo decide to avoid landmines as she continues her journey to Zimbabwe?

3. What happens when a baboon gets onto Nhamo's platform?

4. How is Nhamo protected when she is chased after being seen by the white family, and how does she feel about this?

5. What happens when Dr. Van Heerden's dog comes out of his truck?

6. What does Dr. Masuku say when Nhamo moves in with her father's family?

7. Where is Nhamo's father?

8. What does Nhamo watch a wasp do, and what does she think of this?

9. What does Nhamo realize when she sees the margarine advertisement again?

10. Why does the nganga think the leopard appeared to Nhamo?

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