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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 (pages 327-356).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator attend some childbirths in the birthing house?
(a) To prepare for her own birthing experience.
(b) To bless the children as they are born.
(c) To represent Nelson, who is not allowed in.
(d) To improve her midwifery skills.

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

3. How does Grace know the location of Nelson Denoon's project?
(a) She helped him establish the project.
(b) She overheard a conversation between him and his lawyers.
(c) He told her while they were married.
(d) He was required to tell her lawyers.

4. Where is the village of Tsau located?
(a) In the middle of a game preserve.
(b) Privately owned land.
(c) Unclaimed desert.
(d) Property owned by the American government.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical change in the narrator causes her to worry about physical stress and poor nutrition while in the bush?

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

3. How many homesteads are in Tsau?

4. Who is Grace with when the narrator bumps into her in town?

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

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