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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 Grace tell the narrator during their lunch in a restaurant?
(a) The narrator is someone Nelson would like.
(b) Nelson is free now and she wants him to be happy.
(c) She has a sixth sense when it comes to Nelson.
(d) All of these.

2. 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) Mma Isang.
(b) Isang Mma.
(c) Dineo.
(d) No one told her this.

3. What color is Nelson Denoon's hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

4. What activity do the narrator and Nelson do together around the village?
(a) They take walks together.
(b) They find uses for new inventions.
(c) They check livestock.
(d) They share meals together.

5. Who do the homesteads belong to in Tsau?
(a) Men of the village.
(b) Nelson Denoon.
(c) Women of the village.
(d) The Mother Committee.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?

2. Who must the narrator pretend she does not know while in Tsau?

3. What critique does the narrator have of Nelson Denoon?

4. Who says "while capitalism is destroying Africa and its village's socialism is not the answer"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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