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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (pages 131-163).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nelson Denoon represent to the narrator?
(a) An unattainable dream.
(b) A desperate and unsuccessful attempt to change African society.
(c) The apex of a successful academic career.
(d) The apex of a successful career in social service.

2. What does the narrator lose when one of her animals runs off?
(a) The tent.
(b) Water.
(c) Part of her supplies.
(d) All of these.

3. What does the narrator use to keep predators away at night in the desert?
(a) Sets up trip wires, torches, and traps.
(b) Spreads urine around the camp to keep them away.
(c) Spreads ammonia around the camp to keep them away.
(d) Light a ring fire.

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

5. What does the narrator notice as she enters Tsau?
(a) Many strange man-made contrivances.
(b) None of these.
(c) Many modern conveniences.
(d) Many strangely dressed people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator have quasi-romantic interludes with while traveling to Victoria Falls?

2. How does the narrator know of Nelson Denoon?

3. Who says "while capitalism is destroying Africa and its village's socialism is not the answer"?

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

5. What does the narrator take with her to Tsau?

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