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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. How is Nhamo injured after she attacks Dr. Van Heerden?
(a) Her hand is cut.
(b) Her head is bruised.
(c) Her ankle is sprained.
(d) Her wrist is broken.

2. What do the baboons do when they hear the leopard?
(a) Scream.
(b) Run in a scattered pattern.
(c) Go silent.
(d) Hide in the trees.

3. What does Nhamo call Dr. Masuku?
(a) Mary.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Mother.
(d) Misses.

4. What was Nhamo's father's name?
(a) Prince.
(b) Pint.
(c) Prime.
(d) Proud.

5. Where does Nhamo stay during the storm?
(a) A hollow tree.
(b) An abandoned hut.
(c) Her overturned boat.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Baba Joseph tell Nhamo a story?

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

3. Why does Dr. Masuku want to send Nhamo to the city?

4. What kind of tree does Nhamo find in a cave?

5. Who takes Nhamo to meet her family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the nganga say after hearing Nhamo's story?

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

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

5. What does Nhamo hear about her village in a letter, and how does this make her feel?

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

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

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

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

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

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