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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tribe does the narrator come across during her search for Nelson in the desert?
(a) Basanwa.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Baherero.
(d) None of these.

2. Who is Mma Isang trying to keep from the new arch ceremony?
(a) The night men.
(b) Nelson and the narrator.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Hector and Dorcas.

3. How do Harold Mace and Julia Rodden arrive in Tsau?
(a) They drove.
(b) They traveled by horseback.
(c) They were escorted by villagers.
(d) They were flown in on a supply plane.

4. Who believes that the mysterious "lends itself too easily to liars and liars are the enemy"?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) Nelson Denoon.
(d) Dineo.

5. What decision is the narrator struggling with regarding Tsau and Nelson Denoon?
(a) Whether or not to return with him to Britain.
(b) Whether or not to leave with him.
(c) Whether or not to stay.
(d) Whether or not to help him start a new village.

6. Who has the gun checked out for a supposed lion sighting?
(a) Hector.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Mma Isang.

7. What is an example of ideology where Nelson and the villagers in Tsau differ?
(a) The number of hours worked each week.
(b) Having guns in the village.
(c) Having men in the village.
(d) Allowing the women to leave the village.

8. How do part of the villagers prevent Nelson from being heard?
(a) They moan loudly while he speaks.
(b) They shout while he speaks.
(c) They laugh while he speaks.
(d) They make barking noises while he speaks.

9. Where is the village of Tsau located?
(a) Unclaimed desert.
(b) Privately owned land.
(c) In the middle of a game preserve.
(d) Property owned by the American government.

10. Where does Nelson plan to go to bring stability back to Tsau?
(a) The squatter settlement.
(b) Gaborone.
(c) Tikwe.
(d) Basanwa.

11. What does Nelson create on the women of the village that offends the narrator?
(a) A diagram that demonstrates the positions each woman holds.
(b) A diagram that shows the families, tribes, and affiliations.
(c) A map noting where the women came from.
(d) A map showing where the women will be relocated to start new villages.

12. Why do the villagers disagree with Nelson's insistence on hand washing and sanitation?
(a) Because they are not familiar with it, nor do they understand it.
(b) They believe it is a waste of time.
(c) It is against their religious beliefs.
(d) They do not like using the unfamiliar soaps.

13. What is the narrator doing when a group of villagers, led by Hector, come to speak with Nelson?
(a) She is sleeping.
(b) She is cutting Nelson's hair.
(c) She is cleaning vegetables.
(d) She is preparing breakfast.

14. What glass work has Nelson been creating based on a glass sculpture he created as a child?
(a) A glass woman.
(b) A glass vase.
(c) A glass luminary ornament.
(d) A glass hummingbird.

15. Who does the narrator pour her heart out to when she is upset?
(a) Dineo.
(b) Baph.
(c) Mmo.
(d) Mma Isang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What performance do the villagers perform?

2. Who pretends to faint in order to stop the argument during the debate?

3. Where does the narrator want to take Nelson?

4. What is the debate over in Chapter 7?

5. The villagers want to allow guns in Tsau. What alternative does Nelson offer?

(see the answer keys)

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