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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 does Nelson believe African village-societies can offer Africans?
(a) The opportunity to pursue other ideas and dreams.
(b) All of these.
(c) The ability to choose work they are interested in.
(d) A utopian environment.

2. How does the narrator know of Nelson Denoon?
(a) She has been one of his colleagues for years.
(b) She admired his work while she was at Stanford University.
(c) She has been friends with him for years.
(d) She admired his work while she was at Harvard.

3. Who is having the party where the narrator may meet Nelson Denoon?
(a) A powerful black politician.
(b) A powerful white politician.
(c) An American diplomat.
(d) A wealthy American philanthropist.

4. What is Nelson Denoon doing when the narrator and Grace find him at the party?
(a) He is discussing academics with other black and white professors.
(b) He is kissing another woman.
(c) He is telling jokes with a group of other men.
(d) He is having a debate with black and white politicians.

5. Who does the narrator believe "Z" knows secrets about?
(a) The narrator.
(b) None of these.
(c) Nelson Denoon.
(d) Martin Wade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was the narrator in the African bush studying for her thesis?

2. What does Nelson Denoon represent to the narrator?

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

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

5. What does the narrator position herself as once she is in Gaborone?

(see the answer key)

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