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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 Nhamo do when she finds a goat underground?
(a) Kills and eats it.
(b) Lay down with it.
(c) Drinks some milk.
(d) Chases it away.

2. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?
(a) They are white.
(b) They are naked.
(c) They have strange hair.
(d) They are fat.

3. What two things does Nhamo try to be while at Efifi?
(a) Invisible and helpful.
(b) Careful and respectful.
(c) Silent and loving.
(d) Kind and open.

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

5. In what form do the njuzu come?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Waves.
(c) Small beetles.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in the village tell Nhamo to avoid on her journey?

2. What does the family send after Nhamo when they see her in the yard?

3. Why is Nhamo's hair shaved off after she attacks Van Heerdon?

4. Why does Dr. Masuku not want to get married?

5. What does Nhamo do when she tends to the livestock?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Nhamo do with the carcass she finds?

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

4. What happens in Nhamo's story about the farmer and the baboons?

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

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

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

8. What kinds of civilized things does Nhamo learn while she is at Efifi?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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