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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. What does Nhamo drink at Efifi that she loves more than anything else there?

2. What does the bright light Nhamo sees turn out to be?

3. Who does the woman in the margarine ad look like?

4. What do the baboons do when they hear the leopard?

5. Why does Dr. Masuku not want to get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nhamo do just after her jar of possessions is ruined?

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

3. What does Nhamo watch a wasp do, and what does she think of this?

4. What happens in Nhamo's story about the farmer and the baboons?

5. What does Nhamo do when she sees the first signs of the rainy season, and why?

6. Where is Nhamo's father?

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

8. What are the people at Efifi doing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Much of this plot follows the relationship between Nhamo and her mother. How does this relationship change over the course of the plot, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Persistence is a major attribute possessed by some of the main characters. Which characters have this trait, and how does it affect their role in the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Maturity is a theme presented in a number of places in this plot and is manifested in a number of different ways. Choose a few of these instances and compare and contrast them. How are they different in their manifestations of this sensitive theme?

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