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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Nhamo when her mother died?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. What did Princess Senwa do when her husband betrayed her?
(a) Cursed him.
(b) Jumped off a cliff.
(c) Sang a sad song the rest of her days.
(d) Killed their baby.

3. What does Masvita's aunt die from?
(a) Diphtheria.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Tuberculosis.

4. What does Nhamo do in an effort to get more food?
(a) Follows the baboons.
(b) Plants a larger garden.
(c) Follows animal tracks.
(d) Dries her fruit.

5. What are njuzu?
(a) Strange waves.
(b) River scavengers.
(c) Nutritional water plants.
(d) Water spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Nhamo fight the current before she sees land?

2. Who helps a girl when she reaches womanhood?

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

4. What useful item does Nhamo find in the hut on the island?

5. What does Nhamo's family do when they return to their village?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things occupy Nhamo's time when she is first settling on the island?

2. What happens when Nhamo procrastinates checking her animal traps?

3. What changes in the village after the cholera passes?

4. How does Nhamo figure out a better way to hollow out her boat?

5. What does Nhamo think her dream about Long Teats was trying to tell her?

6. How does Rosa try to help Nhamo?

7. What story does Nhamo's grandmother tell her at the beginning of the book?

8. What did Nhamo's grandmother do when her daughter was eaten by a leopard, and why is this so touching to Nhamo?

9. What happens to Nhamo while she is fighting against the current, and what does this mean to her?

10. How does Nhamo feel when the hippos are gone, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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