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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. Who pulls the villagers together to put on a performance?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Dineo.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) Nelson Denoon.
2. What does the group chant to convince Nelson they need guns in the village?
(a) "Guns!"
(b) "Rifles!"
(c) "Enfields!"
(d) "Winston!"
3. How many horses are in Tsau?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.
4. Where does Nelson plan to go to bring stability back to Tsau?
(a) Gaborone.
(b) The squatter settlement.
(c) Tikwe.
(d) Basanwa.
5. What does Nelson read while in jail?
(a) The Tao Te Ching.
(b) The Bilbe.
(c) None of these.
(d) Shakespeare.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do the villagers disagree with Nelson's insistence on hand washing and sanitation?
2. What illness overtakes the narrator after Nelson has recovered?
3. Why is their arrival a great consternation in Tsau?
4. What items are brought in for the baby to see when it is born?
5. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator feel after Nelson is found in the desert and back in Tsau? What does this mean for their future?
2. What new sign of trouble emerges in Tsau after the issue with the guns and the bartering have been called into question?
3. The narrator is strongly against Nelson's trip to Tikwe. Why? What literary tool could the author be using in this section?
4. What changes do we see in Nelson and the narrator as a result of Nelson's malaria?
5. Why does the scheduled debate over God bother the narrator so much? How does Nelson feel?
6. What shift occurs during the debate over God? Why does this happen?
7. What are some of the issues that Nelson Denoon and the narrator debate and discuss?
8. How are children born in Tsau? How does the narrator react to the birthing process?
9. How does the narrator react when Nelson shows her a political diagram of the women in the village? Why? How does Nelson react? Why? Are their reactions characteristic of them?
10. What does the narrator do the first time Nelson invites her to his house? Is this unexpected?
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