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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people in the village tell Nhamo to avoid on her journey?
(a) Talking to spirits.
(b) The border patrol.
(c) Angering the leopard.
(d) Speaking her native language.

2. What does Nhamo do to get Ruva to eat?
(a) Makes her favorite food.
(b) Tells her the family is well.
(c) Tells a story.
(d) Reminds her of her mother's dying wish.

3. What does the trader's wife think of the muvuki?
(a) He is a wise man.
(b) He is crazy.
(c) He is a fraud.
(d) He is greedy.

4. What killed Nhamo's mother?
(a) A jealous man.
(b) A leopard.
(c) A lion.
(d) A strange sickness.

5. Why is the boy in Nhamo's story making a rope?
(a) To pull his grandmother's farm closer.
(b) To wrap the world.
(c) To tie up his future wife.
(d) To climb to the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signals the beginning of the rainy season?

2. Where does Nhamo get the idea to plug the holes in the boat?

3. What is the name of the trader's wife?

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

5. What does Nhamo notice about the first family she sees after the storm?

(see the answer key)

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