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

2. Who leads the narrator to Nelson Denoon?
(a) Children.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Women in the market.
(d) A local official.

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

4. What language does Nelson Denoon use to deliver a speech?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) Setswana.
(d) English.

5. What does the narrator study in the African bush as a part of her thesis?
(a) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on fertility.
(b) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on the local death rate.
(c) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on infant mortality.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is building a village from the ground up?

3. Where do Grace and the narrator find Nelson Denoon?

4. What characteristics does "Z" demonstrate?

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

(see the answer key)

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