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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 (pages 409-436).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) It has been cleaned up.
(b) All of these.
(c) Furniture has been added.
(d) A water storage tank has been added to the tub.

2. How does the narrator feel about being asked to be on the snake team?
(a) Elated.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Honored.
(d) All of these.

3. What characteristics does "Z" demonstrate?
(a) All of these.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Interested in anthropology.
(d) Loneliness.

4. What does the narrator do while Nelson sleeps?
(a) Writes in her journal.
(b) All of these.
(c) Ponders what is happening to her heart.
(d) Cleans.

5. Which of the women does Nelson sleep with before the narrator arrives?
(a) None of the women.
(b) Dorca.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Both of these women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson believe African village-societies can offer Africans?

2. What omen does the village receive on the night the narrator moves into Nelson's home?

3. After arguing with Nelson over Hector, where does the narrator go?

4. Where does Nelson ask the narrator to move into his home?

5. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?

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