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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 do to comfort her cousin who gets teased?

2. What time is Nhamo told to come back by her aunt?

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

4. What does Baba Joseph do with Nhamo's panga?

5. Why is Nhamo's hair shaved off after she attacks Van Heerdon?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when Dr. Van Heerden's dog comes out of his truck?

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

7. What happens when Nhamo is seen by the white family?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in this book. Describe some of these settings. Why might Nancy Farmer have chosen these settings for this plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Betrayal is an important theme in this book. Where does this theme appear and how does it affect the characters involved in those scenes?

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