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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Nhamo feel when she is in the boat on her first day?
(a) Confused.
(b) Scared.
(c) Alone.
(d) Excited.
2. Where does Nhamo land after drifting unanchored all night?
(a) A strange lake.
(b) The beach.
(c) An island.
(d) A sand bar.
3. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?
(a) Sang a sad song the rest of her days.
(b) Jumped off a cliff.
(c) Killed their baby.
(d) Cursed him.
4. What kind of animal causes Nhamo to take a break from her boating?
(a) Crocodile.
(b) Snake.
(c) Hippo.
(d) Rhino.
5. What does Nhamo get stung by while working on her boat?
(a) A bee.
(b) A horned beetle.
(c) A scorpion.
(d) A hornet.
6. What does Nhamo want to do on the tiny island off of the big island?
(a) Smoke meat.
(b) Plant her garden.
(c) Make a fire pit.
(d) Build a house.
7. What kind of tree does Nhamo decide to camp by on the island?
(a) Lucky bean.
(b) Banana.
(c) Bread fruit.
(d) Palm.
8. What is wrong with the lone baboon on the island?
(a) It has a twisted foot.
(b) It has a gash on its back.
(c) It is missing an eye.
(d) It has a deformed arm.
9. What does Chipo say the spirit demands in payment?
(a) Nhamo.
(b) More money.
(c) Masvita.
(d) Another cow.
10. What does Nhamo see as a sign that she can keep the item she found in the hut on the island?
(a) An adder.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A gardenia branch.
(d) An animal paw print.
11. Where does Kufa take the family after the cholera epidemic?
(a) The great falls.
(b) The trading post.
(c) The burial grounds.
(d) The cleanser.
12. Who tells Nhamo to find more people in her life?
(a) The Njuzu.
(b) Her grandmother's spirit.
(c) Crocodile Guts.
(d) Her mother.
13. What is Nhamo's most prized possession?
(a) A magazine cover.
(b) A tea cup.
(c) A tin box.
(d) A chocolate wrapper.
14. What is the hozi?
(a) The river fountain.
(b) The house of Nhamo's grandmother.
(c) The church.
(d) A communal storage facility.
15. What does Chipo not like about the boat?
(a) The movement.
(b) The sounds.
(c) The slowness.
(d) The rocking.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Grandmother say Chipo felt when Nhamo was born?
2. In a dream, what does Crocodile Guts remind Nhamo to do?
3. What does the trader's wife think of the muvuki?
4. What killed Nhamo's mother?
5. What is a zango?
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