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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 (pages 467-477).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who sends Harold and Julia to Tsau?
(a) The European Council.
(b) The British Council.
(c) Stanford University.
(d) The African Government.

3. Who is Nelson Denoon rumored to be staying with in a squatter settlement?
(a) Soldiers of the black revolutionaries.
(b) The local authorities.
(c) A native African family.
(d) An outcasted white family.

4. What does the narrator see that signifies she is within eight miles of Tsau?
(a) Hills.
(b) A wooded grove.
(c) Roads.
(d) An oasis.

5. What does the narrator do to set herself apart when she meets Nelson Denoon?
(a) She is very witty.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) She speaks to him in Setswana.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the women does Nelson sleep with before the narrator arrives?

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

3. What does Nelson believe African village-societies can offer Africans?

4. What settlement is nearby Tsau?

5. What profession are Harold and Julia a part of?

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