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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession are Harold and Julia a part of?
(a) They are research scientists.
(b) They are English professors.
(c) They are actors.
(d) They are mathematicians.

2. 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 return with him to Britain.
(d) Whether or not to help him start a new village.

3. A direct confrontation develops between which two people as result of the debate?
(a) Nelson and Dorcas.
(b) Nelson and Hector.
(c) Hector and the narrator.
(d) Dorcas and Dineo.

4. Why do Harold and Julia say they are in Tsau?
(a) To teach science.
(b) To read Shakespeare in the schools.
(c) To teach English.
(d) To teach math.

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

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

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

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

9. What is an example of ideology where Nelson and the villagers in Tsau differ?
(a) Having guns in the village.
(b) Allowing the women to leave the village.
(c) The number of hours worked each week.
(d) Having men in the village.

10. How does the narrator feel about her feelings for Nelson?
(a) She is a little worried at how deeply she feels for him.
(b) She still considers him a very good friend, but isn't developing other feelings for her.
(c) She is overjoyed and not worried at all.
(d) She surprisingly feels little emotion.

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. What tribe does the narrator come across during her search for Nelson in the desert?
(a) None of these.
(b) Botswana.
(c) Baherero.
(d) Basanwa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of her mother's does the narrator accidentally back over with a car?

2. 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?

3. What settlement is nearby Tsau?

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

5. What does the narrator force Nelson to do out of frustration to jolt him out of his calm mental state?

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