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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator study in the African bush as a part of her thesis?
(a) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on the local death rate.
(b) None of these.
(c) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on infant mortality.
(d) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on fertility.

2. What critique does the narrator have of Nelson Denoon?
(a) His unpolished speaking style.
(b) His disheveled appearance.
(c) The way he treats his wife.
(d) His unorthadox approach to local politics.

3. How do the inhabitants of the squatter settlement view the narrator when she comes looking for Denoon?
(a) As someone who wants to improve their situation.
(b) As an official-looking white woman.
(c) As a friend.
(d) As a suspicious outsider.

4. What color is Nelson Denoon's hair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

5. Who does the narrator call "my boys" during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Her two snakes.
(b) Her two horses.
(c) Her two donkeys.
(d) Her two guides.

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

7. What does the narrator realize is part of Grace's problem at the party?
(a) She has taken drugs.
(b) Grace is very distraught.
(c) Grace is drunk.
(d) She has a mental illness.

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

9. What objects does the narrator obsess over losing during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Her comb.
(b) Her mirror.
(c) Both 1 & 2.
(d) Neither of these.

10. What is the name of the Tsau governing body?
(a) The Denoon Council.
(b) The Sister Committee.
(c) The Mother Committee.
(d) The Mother Council.

11. What is motivating the narrator to travel to Tsau?
(a) Her desire to impress Nelson Denoon.
(b) Her desire to complete her thesis.
(c) Her need for adventure.
(d) Her need to crack the mystery.

12. Where is the narrator preparing to go in Chapter 2?
(a) She is preparing to travel to Nelson's project.
(b) She is preparing to travel home.
(c) She is preparing to travel to Cape Town.
(d) She is preparing to go back into the bush to do more research.

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

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

15. What language does Nelson Denoon use to deliver a speech?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) Setswana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator learn about a party from where she may meet Nelson Denoon?

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

3. Where does the narrator stop before heading to Tsau?

4. Where is the narrator from originally?

5. What does the narrator do with most of her possessions?

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