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

2. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?
(a) Martin Wade.
(b) Nelson Denoon.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Grace Denoon.

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

4. What mistake does the narrator make after finding Nelson Denoon?
(a) She insults Nelson's project.
(b) She knocks over an experimental outhouse.
(c) She uses an experimental outhouse.
(d) She insults the people Nelson is staying with.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What things is the narrator ready for when she arrives in Gaborone?

4. What does the narrator realize is part of Grace's problem at the party?

5. What does Nelson Denoon suggest African's should harness the power of?

(see the answer key)

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