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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. Who leads the narrator to Nelson Denoon?
(a) A local official.
(b) Children.
(c) Women in the market.
(d) A soldier.

2. What does the narrator lose when one of her animals runs off?
(a) Water.
(b) Part of her supplies.
(c) The tent.
(d) All of these.

3. Where does the narrator believe Nelson has gone while he is on retreat?
(a) He has started a new village without her.
(b) He has gone to visit his ex-wife.
(c) He is with another woman.
(d) He has gone to Gaborone for supplies.

4. Who would like to see Nelson and the narrator together as a couple?
(a) Dorca.
(b) Dineo.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) Grace Denoon.

5. Who grabs the narrator by the hips and pushes her forward after Nelson Denoon's speech?
(a) "Z".
(b) Nelson Denoon.
(c) Wade Martin.
(d) Grace Denoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator use to keep predators away at night in the desert?

2. How many members are on Tsau's governing body?

3. How does the narrator feel about Nelson Doonen's holier-than-thou political attitudes?

4. What about Nelson Denoon fascinates the narrator?

5. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator prepare to leave for Tsau? How does she plan to travel? What risks is she taking?

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

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

4. Why does the narrator stick to the story she created when she first entered Tsau?

5. Why does the narrator have such difficulty finding the place where Nelson Denoon is rumored to be staying?

6. Nelson leaves Tsau on retreat for four days. Why doesn't he tell the narrator why or where he is going? How does the narrator react?

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

8. How does land ownership and currency work in Tsau? What observations does the narrator make?

9. Who is Martin Wade and what relationship does the narrator share with him?

10. What does "intellectual love" mean in the book?

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