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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the group chant to convince Nelson they need guns in the village?
(a) "Winston!"
(b) "Enfields!"
(c) "Guns!"
(d) "Rifles!"

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

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

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

5. 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.

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) Help elect Dorcas to the Mother Committee.
(d) Get Nelson elected to the Mother Committee.

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

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

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

10. What decision is the narrator struggling with regarding Tsau and Nelson Denoon?
(a) Whether or not to help him start a new village.
(b) Whether or not to leave with him.
(c) Whether or not to stay.
(d) Whether or not to return with him to Britain.

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

12. What does Nelson say attacked a male lion in the desert?
(a) A jackal.
(b) A swarm of bees.
(c) A snake.
(d) Another lion.

13. What illness overtakes the narrator after Nelson has recovered?
(a) Hives.
(b) Stomach flu.
(c) Fever.
(d) Malaria.

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

15. What is the debate over in Chapter 7?
(a) Allowing outsiders to come into the village and stay without question.
(b) Raising a church building.
(c) Allowing Nelson a seat on the committee.
(d) Allowing men to hold committee seats.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Nelson in a bad mood when the narrator tries to cheer him up?

5. What glass did Nelson use to create his childhood sculpture?

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