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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 the nganga give Nhamo to prove her parentage?

2. What makes Nhamo so listless as she works on her boat?

3. Why does Nhamo attack Dr. Van Heerden when he comes back from the city?

4. What does Nhamo like to do when she is around the adults at Efifi?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the people at Efifi doing?

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 the nganga say after hearing Nhamo's story?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in this book. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the book?

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

Much of this plot follows the relationship between Nhamo and her mother. How does this relationship change over the course of the plot, and what causes these changes?

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