Q 01/05

In A Girl Named Disaster, Nhamo sets off alone by boat to find her father's family in which country?

A) Zambia

B) Zimbabwe

C) Botswana

D) South Africa

Answer · why

B) Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe lies just across the border, but land mines and patrols guard the crossing, and Nhamo has never been in a boat before she sets out.

Q 02/05

In A Girl Named Disaster, which animal killed Nhamo's mother when Nhamo was only three years old?

A) A lion

B) A hyena

C) A leopard

D) A buffalo

Answer · why

C) A leopard

A leopard killed her mother, and Nhamo is later shocked to learn that the same animal is the totem of her father's family.

Q 03/05

In A Girl Named Disaster, Nhamo spends months on an island living alongside a troop of which animals?

A) Baboons

B) Chimpanzees

C) Gorillas

D) Vervet monkeys

Answer · why

A) Baboons

Baboons come to accept Nhamo so completely that a baby she names Tag grooms her, a touch that makes her burst into tears.

Q 04/05

In A Girl Named Disaster, which disease sweeps through Nhamo's village and kills her aunt Shuvai?

A) Malaria

B) Smallpox

C) Measles

D) Cholera

Answer · why

D) Cholera

Cholera kills so many that Nhamo's family travels to a trading post to learn what caused the outbreak, and the answer puts her in danger.

Q 05/05

In A Girl Named Disaster, what fate is Nhamo fleeing when she leaves her village on her grandmother's advice?

A) A trial for witchcraft

B) An arranged marriage

C) A move to the city

D) Life as a servant

Answer · why

B) An arranged marriage

An arranged marriage to the brutal brother of a man her father killed is meant to quiet the dead man's angry spirit.