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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job is the narrator offered at a party in Gaborone?
(a) Secretary.
(b) House sitting.
(c) Department Director.
(d) Dog walking.

2. What does the narrator position herself as once she is in Gaborone?
(a) A wealthy woman on vacation.
(b) A college professor.
(c) A college student.
(d) A cultural tour guide.

3. Where does the narrator stop before heading to Tsau?
(a) A settlement in Kang.
(b) A settlement in Cape Town.
(c) A mission in Kang.
(d) A mission in Botswana.

4. Where is the narrator preparing to go in Chapter 2?
(a) She is preparing to travel to Cape Town.
(b) She is preparing to travel to Nelson's project.
(c) She is preparing to go back into the bush to do more research.
(d) She is preparing to travel home.

5. What is the name of the Tsau governing body?
(a) The Denoon Council.
(b) The Sister Committee.
(c) The Mother Council.
(d) The Mother Committee.

6. What does Nelson Denoon represent to the narrator?
(a) A desperate and unsuccessful attempt to change African society.
(b) An unattainable dream.
(c) The apex of a successful academic career.
(d) The apex of a successful career in social service.

7. What language does Nelson Denoon use to deliver a speech?
(a) Setswana.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

8. What happens at the end of Nelson's speech at the party?
(a) None of these.
(b) A sandstorm.
(c) A flood.
(d) A thunderstorm.

9. Who leads the narrator to Nelson Denoon?
(a) A local official.
(b) Women in the market.
(c) Children.
(d) A soldier.

10. What are the purposes of the inventions Nelson Denoon puts around Tsau?
(a) To protect the village.
(b) They conserve energy and water.
(c) They help move objects.
(d) To measure the activity in the village.

11. What is the social purpose of Tsau?
(a) To remove the rights of black African men.
(b) None of these.
(c) To remove the rights of black African women.
(d) To balance some of the injustices black African women face.

12. What does the narrator do to set herself apart when she meets Nelson Denoon?
(a) Both of these.
(b) She speaks to him in Setswana.
(c) She is very witty.
(d) Neither of these.

13. What activity do the narrator and Nelson do together around the village?
(a) They find uses for new inventions.
(b) They check livestock.
(c) They take walks together.
(d) They share meals together.

14. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?
(a) 29-years-old.
(b) 32-years-old.
(c) 30-years-old.
(d) 31-years-old.

15. What does the narrator lose when one of her animals runs off?
(a) The tent.
(b) All of these.
(c) Water.
(d) Part of her supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the villagers of Tsau do at night?

2. How often does Nelson Denoon take his retreats?

3. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?

4. How do the inhabitants of the squatter settlement view the narrator when she comes looking for Denoon?

5. Who is Martin Wade?

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