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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator's demeanor change as she finally enters Tsau?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is sobbing.
(c) She is frantic.
(d) She is confused.

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

3. What do we learn about Nelson Denoon from the narrators flash-forward as she enters Tsau?
(a) He had an alcoholic father and a passive mother.
(b) He came from a very cold, uncaring family.
(c) He had several brothers and sisters.
(d) He had an alcoholic mother and a passive father.

4. Who says "while capitalism is destroying Africa and its village's socialism is not the answer"?
(a) Martin Wade.
(b) Nelson Denoon.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Grace Denoon.

5. What is the social purpose of Tsau?
(a) None of these.
(b) To balance some of the injustices black African women face.
(c) To remove the rights of black African women.
(d) To remove the rights of black African men.

6. What does the narrator notice as she enters Tsau?
(a) Many modern conveniences.
(b) Many strangely dressed people.
(c) Many strange man-made contrivances.
(d) None of these.

7. Where does the narrator believe Nelson has gone while he is on retreat?
(a) He is with another woman.
(b) He has gone to Gaborone for supplies.
(c) He has gone to visit his ex-wife.
(d) He has started a new village without her.

8. What secret does "Z" finally share?
(a) The fact that the narrator is being watched by the authorities.
(b) His secret connection to Martin Wade.
(c) His real identity.
(d) Information on a social experiment.

9. Who disrobes in front the narrator in the bathhouse?
(a) Dineo.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) Nelson Denoon.

10. What happens at the end of Nelson's speech at the party?
(a) A sandstorm.
(b) None of these.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) A flood.

11. Whose trust does Martin Wade have that is very unusual?
(a) The black politicians.
(b) Soldiers of the South African army.
(c) The black revolutionaries.
(d) The white South African rulers.

12. What physical ailment is "Z" hiding that the narrator helps him alleviate?
(a) "Z" has an infected leg which causes a great deal of pain.
(b) "Z" has an arm with nerve damage, causing him a great deal of pain.
(c) "Z" has severe back pain.
(d) "Z" recently lost a toe on one foot and it's very painful for him.

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

14. What does Grace tell the narrator during their lunch in a restaurant?
(a) She has a sixth sense when it comes to Nelson.
(b) The narrator is someone Nelson would like.
(c) Nelson is free now and she wants him to be happy.
(d) All of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What job is the narrator offered at a party in Gaborone?

2. Why doesn't Nelson Denoon tell the narrator he is leaving Tsau?

3. What month is the narrator traveling to Tsau?

4. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?

5. 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?

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