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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 (pages 253-300).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator use to keep predators away at night in the desert?
(a) Light a ring fire.
(b) Sets up trip wires, torches, and traps.
(c) Spreads urine around the camp to keep them away.
(d) Spreads ammonia around the camp to keep them away.

2. What about Nelson Denoon fascinates the narrator?
(a) His relationship with his wife.
(b) His political and social activism.
(c) His physique.
(d) His intellect.

3. Where does Nelson ask the narrator to have dinner when he returns to Tsau?
(a) The rondavel.
(b) Mma Isang's house.
(c) His house.
(d) The narrator's house.

4. Who is Martin Wade?
(a) A South African army deserter.
(b) A former soldier of the black revolutionaries.
(c) A local politician.
(d) A former colleague of the narrator.

5. What does the narrator realize is part of Grace's problem at the party?
(a) Grace is very distraught.
(b) She has taken drugs.
(c) Grace is drunk.
(d) She has a mental illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?

2. Who leads the narrator to Nelson Denoon?

3. What activity do the narrator and Nelson do together around the village?

4. Where does "Z" offer to take the narrator when she first meets him?

5. Why is their arrival a great consternation in Tsau?

(see the answer key)

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