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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 Hector bring with him when he and the villagers go to speak to Nelson?
(a) Lion hair.
(b) Pictures of lions taken near the village.
(c) The remains of a carcass.
(d) Lion spoor.

2. How do part of the villagers prevent Nelson from being heard?
(a) They make barking noises while he speaks.
(b) They moan loudly while he speaks.
(c) They shout while he speaks.
(d) They laugh while he speaks.

3. Why is their arrival a great consternation in Tsau?
(a) Outsiders are always unwelcome.
(b) The villagers are suspicious of them.
(c) All of these.
(d) The village is supposed to be a secret.

4. Why does the narrator attend some childbirths in the birthing house?
(a) To represent Nelson, who is not allowed in.
(b) To improve her midwifery skills.
(c) To prepare for her own birthing experience.
(d) To bless the children as they are born.

5. Why is Nelson in a bad mood when the narrator tries to cheer him up?
(a) He is angry over Tsau political issues.
(b) He is angry over Spanish political issues.
(c) He is angry over American political issues.
(d) He is angry over African political issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political action do a couple of women ask the narrator to take?

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

3. What change does the new Mother Committee make?

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

5. Why do Harold and Julia say they are in Tsau?

Short Essay Questions

1. There continues to be social unrest in Tsau. The village is now split regarding the presence of the night men. What does the narrator learn about the disagreement? How does she feel about it?

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

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

4. What are some of the issues that Nelson Denoon and the narrator debate and discuss?

5. What requests does Dineo make of the narrator in order for her to be able to take Nelson to Gaborone?

6. Why does the scheduled debate over God bother the narrator so much? How does Nelson feel?

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

8. What new sign of trouble emerges in Tsau after the issue with the guns and the bartering have been called into question?

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

10. Describe two of the political happenings in Chapter Six. What is their significance?

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