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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 (pages 199-222).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the social purpose of Tsau?
(a) To remove the rights of black African women.
(b) None of these.
(c) To remove the rights of black African men.
(d) To balance some of the injustices black African women face.

2. Who says "while capitalism is destroying Africa and its village's socialism is not the answer"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Grace Denoon.
(c) Nelson Denoon.
(d) Martin Wade.

3. Who does the narrator pretend to be when she first enters Tsau?
(a) None of these.
(b) An anthropologist who went astray in the desert.
(c) A research scientist brought in by Nelson Denoon.
(d) An ornithologist who went astray in the desert.

4. Why does the narrator try to find Nelson Denoon?
(a) She is interested in forming a romantic relationship with him.
(b) She is seeking information on his previous work.
(c) She is trying to help repair his relationship with his wife.
(d) She is seeking a position on his mysterious social experiment.

5. Who disrobes in front the narrator in the bathhouse?
(a) Mma Isang.
(b) Nelson Denoon.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Dorcas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?

2. What secret does "Z" finally share?

3. What is motivating the narrator to travel to Tsau?

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

5. Who does the narrator tell about her travel plans?

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