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Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Character traits for Nyasha would include:
  1. kind, gentle, giving
  2. rude, vain, selfish
  3. funny, outgoing, gregarious
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Nyasha welcomed the snake into her garden because:
  1. snakes made plants grow
  2. snakes mean good luck
  3. it would protect her vegetables
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Mufaro said that he was the happiest father in the land because:
  1. He was living in the King's house
  2. He was made chief of his village
  3. His beautiful daughters were both very worthy
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Character traits for Manyara would include:
  1. kind, gentle, giving
  2. rude, vain, selfish
  3. funny, outgoing, gregarious
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Manyara                         after Nyasha married the king.
  1. ran away
  2. returned to her village
  3. became her servant
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
When she met the hungry boy, Nyasha:
  1. gave him a yam to eat
  2. invited him to her wedding
  3. gave him a gold coin
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
What did Maynara think would happen when she became queen?
  1. Mufaro would bow down to her
  2. The king would give her gold
  3. Nyasha would be her servant
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
When she met the hungry boy, Manyara:
  1. told him to move out of her way
  2. shoved him into a mud puddle
  3. pretend she didn't see him
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
When Nyasha first saw him, the king:
  1. had a garden snake around his neck
  2. was in the form of a garden snake
  3. was speaking to an old man
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Manyara thought that her father:
  1. was afraid of Nyasha
  2. loved Nyasha the best
  3. loved her more than Nyasha
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
The snake with five heads told Manyara that:
  1. he had a job for her
  2. beware of the laughing trees
  3. he knew her faults
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
The correct sequence of events in "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" is:
  1. The messenger arrives, Nyasha goes to the city, Manyara secretly leaves home, Nyasha meets the snake, Nayasha is chosen to be the queen and Manyara will be her servant
  2. Nyasha meets the snake, the messenger arrives, Manyara leaves home, Nyasha goes to the city, Nyasha is chosen to be the queen and her sister Manyara will be her servant
  3. Nyasha is chosen to be the queen and Manyara will be her servant, Manyara secretly leaves home, Nyasha goes to the city, the messenger arrives, Nyasha meets the snake
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Nyoka means "snake" in the Shona language.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
When the trees seemed to be laughing at her, Manyara:
  1. to them to shut up
  2. laughed at them
  3. ripped off their leaves
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters was written by:
  1. JK Rowlings
  2. John Steptoe
  3. Jean Fritz
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Mufaro means "happy man" in the Shona language.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Nyasha means "ashamed" in the Shona language.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Manyara means "mercy" in the Shona language.
  1. True
  2. False