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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. Where does "Z" offer to take the narrator when she first meets him?
(a) He offers to drive her home from the grocery store.
(b) He offers to take her home from a party.
(c) He offers to drive her to a party.
(d) He offers to drive her home from the library.

2. What profession are Harold and Julia a part of?
(a) They are research scientists.
(b) They are mathematicians.
(c) They are English professors.
(d) They are actors.

3. What is the narrator doing when a group of villagers, led by Hector, come to speak with Nelson?
(a) She is sleeping.
(b) She is cleaning vegetables.
(c) She is cutting Nelson's hair.
(d) She is preparing breakfast.

4. What objects does the narrator obsess over losing during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Her comb.
(b) Her mirror.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both 1 & 2.

5. What physical ailment is "Z" hiding that the narrator helps him alleviate?
(a) "Z" recently lost a toe on one foot and it's very painful for him.
(b) "Z" has an infected leg which causes a great deal of pain.
(c) "Z" has severe back pain.
(d) "Z" has an arm with nerve damage, causing him a great deal of pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator consider her work on her thesis in the African bush?

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

3. Who is Mma Isang trying to keep from the new arch ceremony?

4. Who says "I'm yours. I am" to the narrator?

5. What racist belief does the narrator's mother hold?

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