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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nhamo get stung by while working on her boat?

2. What does Nhamo do in an effort to get more food?

3. What does Nhamo see in the night that gives her hope?

4. How does Nhamo harden her wood spears?

5. To what does Nhamo compare the trading post?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nhamo do to get the deformed baboon off the small island?

2. What does Nhamo do for Masvita when she can't sleep?

3. What does Grandmother reveal about Nhamo's father at the trading post?

4. How does Grandmother want Nhamo to escape?

5. What does Nhamo decide to hunt, and why?

6. What happens when Nhamo procrastinates checking her animal traps?

7. What does Nhamo do in the forest when she is supposed to be collecting firewood?

8. How does Rosa try to help Nhamo?

9. What happens when the baboons on the island see Nhamo?

10. What is the story that Nhamo tells herself while waiting for her boat to be repaired?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

Essay Topic 2

Edina is a minor character in this book who makes a huge impact on the plot. How does she accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had she not been included in the story line?

Essay Topic 3

Nature plays a very tangible role in this book. What is this role, and how does it affect the main characters?

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