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

2. How do the inhabitants of the squatter settlement view the narrator when she comes looking for Denoon?
(a) As someone who wants to improve their situation.
(b) As an official-looking white woman.
(c) As a suspicious outsider.
(d) As a friend.

3. Who is Martin Wade?
(a) A former colleague of the narrator.
(b) A South African army deserter.
(c) A local politician.
(d) A former soldier of the black revolutionaries.

4. Where is the narrator from originally?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Illinois.

5. What is the narrator's most unusual quality?
(a) Her didactic memory.
(b) Her physical appearance.
(c) Her obsession with geography.
(d) Her ability to remember names and faces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson Denoon represent to the narrator?

2. Who is having the party where the narrator may meet Nelson Denoon?

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

4. What is Nelson Denoon doing when the narrator and Grace find him at the party?

5. What do we learn about Nelson Denoon from the narrators flash-forward as she enters Tsau?

(see the answer key)

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