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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shows that Masvita is entering womanhood?
(a) Her sprouting bosoms.
(b) Her long hair.
(c) Her prominent brow.
(d) Her monthly bleeding.

2. What does Long Teats eat?
(a) Baby's blood.
(b) Children.
(c) Dead humans.
(d) Finger nails.

3. What was wrong with Masvita after the cholera epidemic?
(a) She had strange scars on her back.
(b) Her monthly bleeding stopped.
(c) She was weak and listless.
(d) She lost some of her hair.

4. What does Nhamo do with the fish she catches?
(a) Smokes them.
(b) Dries them.
(c) Eats them.
(d) Uses them in animal traps.

5. What does Nhamo hear as she is leaving the small island?
(a) A roar of an animal.
(b) The njuzu singing.
(c) Her mother and Crocodile Guts.
(d) The wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps a girl when she reaches womanhood?

2. What does Nhamo take her grandmother to see when they reach their destination?

3. What does Nhamo make out of the bark of the tree?

4. To what kind of tree does Nhamo tie her boat when she gets to the big island?

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

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