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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 about Nelson Denoon fascinates the narrator?
(a) His physique.
(b) His relationship with his wife.
(c) His political and social activism.
(d) His intellect.

2. How long does the narrator plan to rest in Gaborone?
(a) Until her savings run out.
(b) Until she has to return to school.
(c) Until her ship returns to the U.S.
(d) Until she leaves for Europe.

3. Where does "Z" offer to take the narrator when she first meets him?
(a) He offers to take her home from a party.
(b) He offers to drive her to a party.
(c) He offers to drive her home from the library.
(d) He offers to drive her home from the grocery store.

4. What does the narrator do to set herself apart when she meets Nelson Denoon?
(a) She is very witty.
(b) She speaks to him in Setswana.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

5. What does the narrator do with most of her possessions?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Sell them off.
(d) Mail them off.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many homesteads are in Tsau?

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

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

4. How does the narrator travel the first leg of her trip to Tsau?

5. What does Nelson believe African village-societies can offer Africans?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

6. What drives the narrator to contact Nelson Denoon?

7. Nelson Denoon tells the narrator at the squatters settlement that there is no place for her on his project. However, she is packing anyway. Why? What does this say about her character?

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

9. What does the narrator take with her to Tsau? Why is this significant?

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

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