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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. What do we learn about Nelson Denoon from the narrators flash-forward as she enters Tsau?
(a) He came from a very cold, uncaring family.
(b) He had several brothers and sisters.
(c) He had an alcoholic father and a passive mother.
(d) He had an alcoholic mother and a passive father.

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

3. What is the narrator doing when she bumps into Grace Denoon?
(a) She is buying tweezers.
(b) She is getting her hair done.
(c) She is buying groceries.
(d) She is making travel arrangements.

4. What does Nelson believe African village-societies can offer Africans?
(a) The ability to choose work they are interested in.
(b) All of these.
(c) A utopian environment.
(d) The opportunity to pursue other ideas and dreams.

5. What physical change in the narrator causes her to worry about physical stress and poor nutrition while in the bush?
(a) She begins losing her hair.
(b) All of these.
(c) Her steady loss of weight.
(d) The cessation of her menstrual cycle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator feel about Nelson Doonen's holier-than-thou political attitudes?

3. What mistake does the narrator make after finding Nelson Denoon?

4. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?

5. What does the narrator use to keep predators away at night in the desert?

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