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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 decision is the narrator struggling with regarding Tsau and Nelson Denoon?
(a) Whether or not to leave with him.
(b) Whether or not to return with him to Britain.
(c) Whether or not to stay.
(d) Whether or not to help him start a new village.

2. What profession are Harold and Julia a part of?
(a) They are English professors.
(b) They are mathematicians.
(c) They are research scientists.
(d) They are actors.

3. What does the narrator do while Nelson sleeps?
(a) All of these.
(b) Cleans.
(c) Ponders what is happening to her heart.
(d) Writes in her journal.

4. What prevents the narrator from attending the public debate on time?
(a) A terrible stomach ache.
(b) A terrible headache.
(c) An injured leg.
(d) A deep cut on her hand.

5. How does the narrator feel about being asked to be on the snake team?
(a) All of these.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Honored.
(d) Elated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What glass did Nelson use to create his childhood sculpture?

2. The villagers want to allow guns in Tsau. What alternative does Nelson offer?

3. How long is Nelson gone from Tsau on horseback before the narrator believes something has happened?

4. Where does the narrator want to take Nelson?

5. What does Nelson drink with Harold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What upsets Nelson about the growing amount of bartering with Basarwa, a nearby settlement? What items does he not like?

2. What shift occurs during the debate over God? Why does this happen?

3. How does the village react to Nelson and the narrator becoming a couple? What happens that night?

4. How does the narrator feel about her decision regarding whether or not to stay in Tsau?

5. Why does the narrator leave the villager's presentation of Lamentations of Women?

6. The narrator is strongly against Nelson's trip to Tikwe. Why? What literary tool could the author be using in this section?

7. 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?

8. How does Nelson react to the arrival of Harold Mace and Julia Rodden in Tsau?

9. What argument do Nelson and the narrator have the day after the debate? Why is this significant?

10. What happens when the narrator invites Harold and Julia to their home for dinner?

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