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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 language does Nelson Denoon use to deliver a speech?

2. Who does the narrator believe "Z" knows secrets about?

3. How does Nelson Denoon react to the narrator's arrival in Tsau?

4. What is Nelson Denoon doing when the narrator and Grace find him at the party?

5. Where does the narrator believe Nelson has gone while he is on retreat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nelson Denoon believe is "Solar Democracy"?

2. What drives the narrator to contact Nelson Denoon?

3. The narrator travels across the desert to Tsau with two donkeys. How does she feel about them? Why?

4. What secret does the narrator learn from "Z"?

5. What feelings does the narrator have as a result of visiting Victoria Falls with Giles? Why?

6. Why does the narrator stick to the story she created when she first entered Tsau?

7. What does the sandstorm at the end of the American diplomat's party represent?

8. What happens when the narrator is summoned before the Mother Committee? What must she do to stay in Tsau?

9. The narrator has conflicting feelings about Nelson Denoon after talking to him further in the squatter settlement. What are they?

10. What does the narrator pretend to be when she enters Tsau? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Mother Committee and the powerful women involved. This experimental village is meant to give women rights and powers that they don't have in ordinary society. However, based on the characters you've just described, what are the differences and similarities between men in ordinary society at that time and the women in Tsau?

Essay Topic 2

There are indications throughout the story that the narrator has had a poor relationship with her mother. What are some of these examples? How do you think the narrator's relationship with her mother shapes her current relationships and approach to life?

Essay Topic 3

Nelson essentially turns his invitation to the narrator to come live with him into a PR event. Based on the way Nelson has handled his relationship with the narrator to this point and how he feels about village politics, why did he ask her in this way? What is the author demonstrating about Nelson's personality?

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