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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 (pages 357-379).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A direct confrontation develops between which two people as result of the debate?
(a) Nelson and Hector.
(b) Hector and the narrator.
(c) Nelson and Dorcas.
(d) Dorcas and Dineo.

2. What does the narrator take with her to Tsau?
(a) Camping gear.
(b) All of these.
(c) A map of waterholes.
(d) Supplies.

3. What does Nelson's reaction to the narrator's attempts to cheer him up bring to the narrator's mind?
(a) Memories of her mother's moodiness.
(b) Memories of the strong relationship she had with her father.
(c) Memories of the strong relationship she had with her mother.
(d) Memories of her father's moodiness.

4. How does Grace know the location of Nelson Denoon's project?
(a) He was required to tell her lawyers.
(b) He told her while they were married.
(c) She overheard a conversation between him and his lawyers.
(d) She helped him establish the project.

5. What tendencies does Nelson say males have in general?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Tendencies toward victimization of the weak.
(d) Tendencies toward violence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moderates the public meetings and debates?

2. Why do the villagers disagree with Nelson's insistence on hand washing and sanitation?

3. What things have changed in Nelson's home between the time the narrator goes in to snoop and the first time Nelson invites her over?

4. Who chooses the topics for the debates?

5. What is the debate over in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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