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

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

3. Where does the narrator's mother live?
(a) A Lutheran nursing home.
(b) A mental hospital.
(c) A retirement community.
(d) A Catholic nursing home.

4. What omen does the village receive on the night the narrator moves into Nelson's home?
(a) A cool, clear night.
(b) A lion attack.
(c) A windstorm.
(d) A rainstorm.

5. What are the purposes of the inventions Nelson Denoon puts around Tsau?
(a) They help move objects.
(b) To protect the village.
(c) To measure the activity in the village.
(d) They conserve energy and water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the relationship between Martin Wade and the narrator dissolve?

2. What tendencies does Nelson say males have in general?

3. Who does Nelson bring gifts for the night he comes to get the narrator?

4. What does Dorcas accuse Nelson of the night he and the narrator argue?

5. Who is Nelson Denoon rumored to be staying with in a squatter settlement?

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