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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. How is Nhamo injured after she attacks Dr. Van Heerden?

2. What does Nhamo do when she finds a goat underground?

3. Why does the person Nhamo talks to at her family's house accept her?

4. How does Nhamo feel when Dr. Masuku wants to send her to the city?

5. To whom does Nhamo tell her story at her family's house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where is Nhamo's father?

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

9. What does Nhamo hear in a haze one day, and how does this affect her?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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