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

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

3. Who does the woman in the margarine ad look like?
(a) Nhamo.
(b) Musuku.
(c) Nhamo's grandmother.
(d) Edina.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the baboons in Nhamo's play a prank on the farmer?

2. Why is Nhamo not allowed to stay overnight in the village?

3. Why does Baba Joseph think Nhamo attacked Heerdon?

4. What two things does Nhamo try to be while at Efifi?

5. What was Nhamo's father's totem animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the people at Efifi doing?

2. What does a nurse let Nhamo do that she thinks is miraculous?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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