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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 performance do the villagers perform?
(a) A version of the Phantom of the Opera.
(b) A version of Oliver.
(c) A version of Romeo and Juliet.
(d) A version of Lamentations of Women.

2. What settlement is nearby Tsau?
(a) Botswana settlement.
(b) Basarwa settlement.
(c) Setswana settlement.
(d) Squatters settlement.

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

4. Which of the women does Nelson sleep with before the narrator arrives?
(a) Both of these women.
(b) None of the women.
(c) Dorca.
(d) Dineo.

5. What omen does the village receive on the night the narrator moves into Nelson's home?
(a) A lion attack.
(b) A cool, clear night.
(c) A rainstorm.
(d) A windstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator attempt to measure Nelson with a measuring tape?

2. Who does the narrator go to in order to get Nelson out of Tsau?

3. How many horses are in Tsau?

4. What tribe does the narrator come across during her search for Nelson in the desert?

5. What mission does the narrator go on with Nelson's gun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What weighs heavily on the narrator's mind about her and Nelson's relationship? Why?

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

5. How are children born in Tsau? How does the narrator react to the birthing process?

6. How does Nelson feel about the men in Tsau?

7. What does the narrator do the first time Nelson invites her to his house? Is this unexpected?

8. What honor does the narrator receive in Tsau? How does she feel about what she's been asked to do?

9. What changes do we see in Nelson and the narrator as a result of Nelson's malaria?

10. Why does the narrator become so frustrated when she has Nelson back in Gaborone? What does this frustration lead her to?

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