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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 (pages 379-409).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator attempt to measure Nelson with a measuring tape?
(a) She is creating a blanket for him.
(b) She is measuring him for a new pair of pants.
(c) She feels she has to get his true dimensions.
(d) She feels she has find his exact measurements for her study.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nelson Denoon suggest African's should harness the power of?

3. What racist belief does the narrator's mother hold?

4. How does the narrator know of Nelson Denoon?

5. Who believes that the mysterious "lends itself too easily to liars and liars are the enemy"?

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