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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 income.
(c) She has no father.
(d) Her mother is poor.

2. Who is Mma Isang trying to keep from the new arch ceremony?
(a) Nelson and the narrator.
(b) Hector and Dorcas.
(c) Dineo.
(d) The night men.

3. What glass did Nelson use to create his childhood sculpture?
(a) Whiskey bottles.
(b) Wine bottles.
(c) Vodka bottles.
(d) Rum bottles.

4. What items are brought in for the baby to see when it is born?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Relatives.
(d) Flowers.

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

6. 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.

7. Who pulls the villagers together to put on a performance?
(a) Dineo.
(b) Nelson Denoon.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) The narrator.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Nelson bring gifts for the night he comes to get the narrator?

3. What mission does the narrator go on with Nelson's gun?

4. Who organizes the night men in Tsau?

5. What performance do the villagers perform?

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