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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The villagers want to allow guns in Tsau. What alternative does Nelson offer?
(a) A few rifles can be stored and put out for hire if needed.
(b) He offers no alternative. He does not want guns in the village.
(c) Only registered owners may have guns.
(d) Only designated owners may have guns.

2. What does Nelson drink with Harold?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Rum.
(d) Vodka.

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

4. Why does the narrator attend some childbirths in the birthing house?
(a) To improve her midwifery skills.
(b) To represent Nelson, who is not allowed in.
(c) To prepare for her own birthing experience.
(d) To bless the children as they are born.

5. Who does the narrator ask to take her donkey back from the community in order to go get Nelson?
(a) Dineo.
(b) Hector.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) Dorcas.

6. Who supports Nelson's ideas about guns in the village?
(a) Dorca.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) No one.
(d) Dineo.

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

8. What performance do the villagers perform?
(a) A version of Romeo and Juliet.
(b) A version of Oliver.
(c) A version of the Phantom of the Opera.
(d) A version of Lamentations of Women.

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

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

11. Who is Dorcas' long-lost brother?
(a) Jose.
(b) Hector.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Raboupi.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who moderates the public meetings and debates?

2. After arguing with Nelson over Hector, where does the narrator go?

3. What things have changed in Nelson's home between the time the narrator goes in to snoop and the first time Nelson invites her over?

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

5. What fact do a couple of women ask the narrator to confirm?

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