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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the strong relationship she had with her mother.
(c) Memories of her mother's moodiness.
(d) Memories of her father's moodiness.

2. What settlement is nearby Tsau?
(a) Setswana settlement.
(b) Squatters settlement.
(c) Botswana settlement.
(d) Basarwa settlement.

3. What illness overtakes Nelson for forty-eight hours?
(a) Stomach flu.
(b) Hives.
(c) Fever.
(d) Malaria.

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

5. What change does the new Mother Committee make?
(a) Men are now admitted to the Sekopololo.
(b) Men can serve on committees.
(c) Men can now run for office.
(d) Men can inherit land.

6. Who says "I'm yours. I am" to the narrator?
(a) Nelson Denoon.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) Hector.
(d) Dineo.

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

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

9. Which of the women does Nelson sleep with before the narrator arrives?
(a) None of the women.
(b) Dineo.
(c) Both of these women.
(d) Dorca.

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

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

12. What does Nelson say attacked a male lion in the desert?
(a) Another lion.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A swarm of bees.
(d) A snake.

13. Who makes the statement "Time is an ape"?
(a) Hiram.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Browen.
(d) Nelson Denoon.

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

15. What does Nelson read while in jail?
(a) The Bilbe.
(b) None of these.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) The Tao Te Ching.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Harold Mace and Julia Rodden arrive in Tsau?

2. What is an example of ideology where Nelson and the villagers in Tsau differ?

3. What glass did Nelson use to create his childhood sculpture?

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

5. What illness overtakes the narrator after Nelson has recovered?

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