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

2. What does Nhamo drink at Efifi that she loves more than anything else there?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Soda.
(d) Tea.

3. Which baboon gets into Nhamo's platform?
(a) Rumpy.
(b) Stumpy.
(c) Tag.
(d) Fat Cheeks.

4. What does Nhamo watch a wasp kill?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A spider.
(c) Another wasp.
(d) A hornet.

5. What was Nhamo's father's totem animal?
(a) Antelope.
(b) Leopard.
(c) Snake.
(d) Baboon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is Nhamo told to come back by her aunt?

2. How are Nhamo and the nganga related?

3. Where does Baba Joseph try to heal Nhamo?

4. What does Nhamo like to do when she is around the adults at Efifi?

5. What does Nhamo do when she sees her doctor for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nhamo do when she sees the first signs of the rainy season, and why?

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

5. What story does Nhamo tell Clever to cheer him up?

6. Why does Nhamo have a hard time working on her boat when the dry season comes?

7. What does Nhamo do just after her jar of possessions is ruined?

8. What does Nhamo hear in a haze one day, and how does this affect her?

9. Why did Nhamo take such a strong liking to Dr. Masuku?

10. Who takes Nhamo to meet her family, and how does she feel when she gets there?

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