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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 secret does "Z" finally share?
(a) His real identity.
(b) His secret connection to Martin Wade.
(c) The fact that the narrator is being watched by the authorities.
(d) Information on a social experiment.

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

3. Why does the relationship between Martin Wade and the narrator dissolve?
(a) Martin's involvement in dangerous political activities.
(b) Martin is very opposed to the luxury the narrator represents as an American.
(c) All of these.
(d) Martin is far more ascetic than the narrator.

4. What language does Nelson Denoon use to deliver a speech?
(a) English.
(b) Setswana.
(c) French.
(d) Spanish.

5. How is the narrator told to survive the desert?
(a) Get past the feeling it is an organism demanding surrender.
(b) Focus on the horizon.
(c) Be prepared with a compass and plenty of water.
(d) Consider the desert a living organism that must be conquered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator go to look for Nelson?

2. Who does the narrator believe "Z" knows secrets about?

3. What does the narrator study in the African bush as a part of her thesis?

4. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?

5. Where does Nelson ask the narrator to have dinner when he returns to Tsau?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the reader learn about the narrator in Chapter 1? What characteristics does she display?

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

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

5. Describe the narrator's reaction to meeting Nelson Denoon. How is he different from her expectations?

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

7. What does Dineo question about the narrator's cover story after the narrator has been in Tsau for a few days and why?

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

9. 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?

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

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