View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fact do a couple of women ask the narrator to confirm?
(a) All of these.
(b) She has no father.
(c) Her mother is poor.
(d) She has no income.

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

3. Why is Nelson in a bad mood when the narrator tries to cheer him up?
(a) He is angry over Spanish political issues.
(b) He is angry over Tsau political issues.
(c) He is angry over African political issues.
(d) He is angry over American political issues.

4. Why is their arrival a great consternation in Tsau?
(a) The village is supposed to be a secret.
(b) The villagers are suspicious of them.
(c) Outsiders are always unwelcome.
(d) All of these.

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

6. Who is elected to the Mother Committee's second chair?
(a) Dineo.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Dorcas.

7. What of her mother's does the narrator accidentally back over with a car?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A briefcase.
(c) Groceries.
(d) A gardening set.

8. Why do Harold and Julia say they are in Tsau?
(a) To teach English.
(b) To teach math.
(c) To teach science.
(d) To read Shakespeare in the schools.

9. What mission does the narrator go on with Nelson's gun?
(a) To kill snakes.
(b) To destroy the gun.
(c) To kill lions.
(d) To kill vervets.

10. What profession are Harold and Julia a part of?
(a) They are research scientists.
(b) They are English professors.
(c) They are actors.
(d) They are mathematicians.

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

12. Where does Nelson ask the narrator to move into his home?
(a) During work.
(b) Near the edge of the desert.
(c) A public tea.
(d) A party.

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

14. Who pretends to faint in order to stop the argument during the debate?
(a) Dorcas.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Nelson.
(d) Dineo.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator pour her heart out to when she is upset?

2. Who are the night men in Tsau?

3. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?

4. How do part of the villagers prevent Nelson from being heard?

5. Why does the narrator attempt to measure Nelson with a measuring tape?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 578 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample