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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 is the narrator doing when she bumps into Grace Denoon?
(a) She is buying groceries.
(b) She is making travel arrangements.
(c) She is buying tweezers.
(d) She is getting her hair done.

2. What characteristics does "Z" demonstrate?
(a) Interested in anthropology.
(b) All of these.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Loneliness.

3. How does Nelson Denoon react to the narrator's arrival in Tsau?
(a) He is surprised and disappointed.
(b) He pretends he doesn't know her.
(c) He is happy to see her.
(d) He is angry at her for coming.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we learn about Nelson Denoon from the narrators flash-forward as she enters Tsau?

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

3. Where does the narrator believe Nelson has gone while he is on retreat?

4. What is a rondavel?

5. What physical change in the narrator causes her to worry about physical stress and poor nutrition while in the bush?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator obsess about losing after her donkey runs away? Why?

7. What feelings does the narrator have as a result of visiting Victoria Falls with Giles? Why?

8. What does the sandstorm at the end of the American diplomat's party represent?

9. What happens between the narrator and Nelson Denoon when she first finds the place he is staying?

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

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