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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After arguing with Nelson over Hector, where does the narrator go?
(a) To watch the villagers dance and celebrate.
(b) To walk the edge of the village, listening to the desert.
(c) To sit and watch the fires at the Basarwa settlement.
(d) To sit alone and meditate in the desert.

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

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

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

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

7. Who are the night men in Tsau?
(a) A group of men who have been breaking into houses.
(b) A group of men that essenially serve as prostitutes.
(c) A group of men that patrol the village at night.
(d) A group of men who have been sneaking out of the village at night.

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

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

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

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

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

13. How many horses are in Tsau?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

14. What political action do a couple of women ask the narrator to take?
(a) Overthrow the Mother Committee.
(b) Run for election to the Mother Committee.
(c) Get Nelson elected to the Mother Committee.
(d) Help elect Dorcas to the Mother Committee.

15. What does the narrator do while Nelson sleeps?
(a) Ponders what is happening to her heart.
(b) Writes in her journal.
(c) Cleans.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the group in opposition to Nelson?

2. What does Nelson drink with Harold?

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

4. What does the group chant to convince Nelson they need guns in the village?

5. Who says "I'm yours. I am" to the narrator?

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