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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 fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Lions.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Soldiers.

2. Where does the narrator go to look for Nelson?
(a) She goes to the rondavel.
(b) All of these.
(c) She goes to Nelson's house.
(d) She goes to the Mother Committee.

3. After the narrator has been in Tsau a couple of days, who tells her the village has no room for one more and she must leave as soon as possible?
(a) No one told her this.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) Isang Mma.
(d) Dineo.

4. Who is building a village from the ground up?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Martin Wade.
(c) Nelson Denoon.
(d) "Z".

5. Where does the narrator stop before heading to Tsau?
(a) A mission in Kang.
(b) A mission in Botswana.
(c) A settlement in Kang.
(d) A settlement in Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the narrator plan to rest in Gaborone?

2. What objects does the narrator obsess over losing during her trip to Tsau?

3. What mistake does the narrator make after finding Nelson Denoon?

4. What are the names of the animals the narrator is traveling with?

5. What physical ailment is "Z" hiding that the narrator helps him alleviate?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

5. The narrator has conflicting feelings about Nelson Denoon after talking to him further in the squatter settlement. What are they?

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

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

8. What drives the narrator to contact Nelson Denoon?

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

10. How does the author depict the relationship between Grace and Nelson Denoon? How does the reader know this?

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