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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (pages 90-111).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Grace Denoon described by the narrator when she runs into Grace?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Obviously rich.
(c) Acting strangely.
(d) All of these.

2. What does Nelson Denoon suggest African's should harness the power of?
(a) The sun.
(b) The waterways.
(c) The wind.
(d) The local people.

3. Where do Grace and the narrator find Nelson Denoon?
(a) In the parlor.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the guest house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?

2. Why does the relationship between Martin Wade and the narrator dissolve?

3. Who grabs the narrator by the hips and pushes her forward after Nelson Denoon's speech?

4. What happens at the end of Nelson's speech at the party?

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

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