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

2. Where does Van Heerden tell Nhamo to put her grandmother's gold?
(a) His safe keeping.
(b) A safety deposit box.
(c) Her great-grandfather's account.
(d) A bank.

3. Why does Dr. Van Heerden not go with Nhamo the first time she approaches the family?
(a) He is white.
(b) He has an appointment.
(c) He does not want to intrude.
(d) Nhamo asks to go alone.

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

5. With whom does Nhamo spend most of her time after hearing that Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?
(a) Mr. Heerold.
(b) Dr. Masuku.
(c) Baba Joseph.
(d) Father Jasuka.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nhamo go for summer vacation?

2. What kind of animal does Nhamo think lives in the cave with the tree?

3. What kind of house does Nhamo's family live in?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does Nhamo tell Baba Joseph, and how does he respond to this?

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

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. Where is Nhamo's father?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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