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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (pages 59-90).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What critique does the narrator have of Nelson Denoon?
(a) His unorthadox approach to local politics.
(b) The way he treats his wife.
(c) His disheveled appearance.
(d) His unpolished speaking style.

2. What job is the narrator offered at a party in Gaborone?
(a) Department Director.
(b) House sitting.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Dog walking.

3. Who does the narrator learn about a party from where she may meet Nelson Denoon?
(a) The owners of the home she is house sitting at.
(b) "Z".
(c) Martin Wade.
(d) Grace Denoon.

4. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?
(a) 29-years-old.
(b) 31-years-old.
(c) 32-years-old.
(d) 30-years-old.

5. What happens at the end of Nelson's speech at the party?
(a) A flood.
(b) A sandstorm.
(c) None of these.
(d) A thunderstorm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the narrator from originally?

3. What physical change in the narrator causes her to worry about physical stress and poor nutrition while in the bush?

4. What is the narrator's most unusual quality?

5. Whose trust does Martin Wade have that is very unusual?

(see the answer key)

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