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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 pour her heart out to when she is upset?
(a) Mmo.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Baph.

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

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

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

5. What tendencies does Nelson say males have in general?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Tendencies toward violence.
(d) Tendencies toward victimization of the weak.

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

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

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

9. What racist belief does the narrator's mother hold?
(a) All Hispanic people are uneducated.
(b) All black people are mean.
(c) All white people should be in superior positions.
(d) All black people are funny.

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

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

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

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

14. Who sends Harold and Julia to Tsau?
(a) The European Council.
(b) The African Government.
(c) The British Council.
(d) Stanford University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nelson's reaction to the narrator's attempts to cheer him up bring to the narrator's mind?

2. What does Dorcas accuse Nelson of the night he and the narrator argue?

3. What does Nelson create on the women of the village that offends the narrator?

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

5. What prevents the narrator from attending the public debate on time?

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