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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's most unusual quality?
(a) Her didactic memory.
(b) Her obsession with geography.
(c) Her ability to remember names and faces.
(d) Her physical appearance.

2. What does the narrator do with most of her possessions?
(a) Sell them off.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Mail them off.
(d) Both of these.

3. What about Nelson Denoon fascinates the narrator?
(a) His physique.
(b) His relationship with his wife.
(c) His intellect.
(d) His political and social activism.

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

5. Who is Grace with when the narrator bumps into her in town?
(a) A boyfriend.
(b) A drug dealer.
(c) A personal body guard.
(d) A powerful Boer.

6. How does the narrator travel the first leg of her trip to Tsau?
(a) On a bus.
(b) On a plane.
(c) On a flatbed truck.
(d) In a car.

7. Who does the narrator have quasi-romantic interludes with while traveling to Victoria Falls?
(a) Nelson.
(b) William.
(c) Giles.
(d) Alexander.

8. How often does Nelson Denoon take his retreats?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once every six weeks.
(c) Once every two months.
(d) Twice every six months.

9. What characteristics does "Z" demonstrate?
(a) All of these.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Interested in anthropology.
(d) Loneliness.

10. Who must the narrator pretend she does not know while in Tsau?
(a) Dineo.
(b) Grace Denoon.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) Nelson Denoon.

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

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

13. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Lions.

14. How many homesteads are in Tsau?
(a) 200.
(b) 150.
(c) 175.
(d) 250.

15. After the narrator has been in Tsau a couple of days, who tells her the village has no room for one more and she must leave as soon as possible?
(a) Mma Isang.
(b) Dineo.
(c) No one told her this.
(d) Isang Mma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Martin Wade?

3. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?

4. What objects does the narrator obsess over losing during her trip to Tsau?

5. How long was the narrator in the African bush studying for her thesis?

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