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

2. Where is Nhamo's father?
(a) Buried under a mountain.
(b) In a hospital.
(c) In prison.
(d) In the ocean.

3. What is Nhamo's mother doing in her dream after she sees the goat underground?
(a) Reading.
(b) Driving.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Singing.

4. What does the bright light Nhamo sees turn out to be?
(a) A house.
(b) A star.
(c) A store.
(d) A car.

5. What does Nhamo's mother tell her after she learns about the leopard on the island?
(a) To leave soon.
(b) To be careful.
(c) To not worry.
(d) To protect herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Baba Joseph's people NOT do with hot coals?

2. Who does the woman in the margarine ad look like?

3. With what do the baboons in Nhamo's story fill a goat skin?

4. What does Nhamo drink at Efifi that she loves more than anything else there?

5. What does the old man in the hospital do for Nhamo?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dr. Masuku want Nhamo to go to the city, and how does Nhamo feel about this?

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

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

5. Why does Baba Joseph think Nhamo attacked Van Heerden, and what does he do about it?

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

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

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

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

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

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