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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator study in the African bush as a part of her thesis?
(a) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on infant mortality.
(b) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on the local death rate.
(c) Seasonal nutritional availability and its effect on fertility.
(d) None of these.

2. Who is Martin Wade?
(a) A South African army deserter.
(b) A former soldier of the black revolutionaries.
(c) A former colleague of the narrator.
(d) A local politician.

3. What is the population of Tsau?
(a) 550.
(b) 500.
(c) 400.
(d) 450.

4. What month is the narrator traveling to Tsau?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) April.
(d) March.

5. Who does the narrator have quasi-romantic interludes with while traveling to Victoria Falls?
(a) William.
(b) Giles.
(c) Alexander.
(d) Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?

2. What is a rondavel?

3. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?

4. Who leads the narrator to Nelson Denoon?

5. How does the narrator's demeanor change as she finally enters Tsau?

Short Essay Questions

1. The narrator travels across the desert to Tsau with two donkeys. How does she feel about them? Why?

2. Who is "Z" and what relationship does the narrator share with him?

3. What does the narrator notice as she approaches Tsau? What memories does it evoke?

4. What happens when the narrator is summoned before the Mother Committee? What must she do to stay in Tsau?

5. What kinds of jokes does the narrator tell Nelson after dinner at Mma Isang's? Why?

6. The narrator begins to have very strange experiences in the desert. What are they, and how does she overcome it?

7. What secret does the narrator learn from "Z"?

8. Why does the narrator position herself as cultural tour guide while in Gaborone?

9. There are disagreements as to whether or not Nelson and the narrator should be a couple. Describe the feelings on this subject in the village.

10. Grace Denoon and the narrator have lunch together after the narrator bumps into Grace while shopping for supplies. What do they discuss? What does this conversation represent?

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