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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the group in opposition to Nelson?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Hector.
(d) Dorcas.

2. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?
(a) Something to outlaw bank secrecy.
(b) All of these.
(c) Something to outlaw secret bank accounts.
(d) An essay against violence.

3. Who organizes the night men in Tsau?
(a) Mma Isang.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Hector.

4. What does Nelson plan for the future of Tsau?
(a) He will gradually phase himself out.
(b) He will always be involved in the village's leadership.
(c) None of these.
(d) He doesn't plan on letting the women run the village indefinitely.

5. Who comes to visit Nelson in Gaborone?
(a) A Sri Lankan psychiatrist.
(b) The Embassy nurse.
(c) Hiram.
(d) All of these.

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

7. Who does the narrator go to in order to get Nelson out of Tsau?
(a) The Mother Committee.
(b) Dorcas.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Mma Isang.

8. Where does the narrator want to take Nelson?
(a) Botswana.
(b) Gaborone.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Tikwe.

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

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

11. What is the debate over in Chapter 7?
(a) Allowing outsiders to come into the village and stay without question.
(b) Allowing Nelson a seat on the committee.
(c) Allowing men to hold committee seats.
(d) Raising a church building.

12. How long is Nelson gone from Tsau on horseback before the narrator believes something has happened?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Eight days.
(d) Seven days.

13. What parts of the snakes are valuable in Tsau?
(a) Skeletons.
(b) Skins.
(c) All of these.
(d) Venom.

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

15. What does Nelson's reaction to the narrator's attempts to cheer him up bring to the narrator's mind?
(a) Memories of the strong relationship she had with her father.
(b) Memories of her father's moodiness.
(c) Memories of the strong relationship she had with her mother.
(d) Memories of her mother's moodiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator attend some childbirths in the birthing house?

2. Why do Harold and Julia say they are in Tsau?

3. Why is Nelson in a bad mood when the narrator tries to cheer him up?

4. Who does the narrator ask to take her donkey back from the community in order to go get Nelson?

5. What political action do a couple of women ask the narrator to take?

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