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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 does the narrator ask to take her donkey back from the community in order to go get Nelson?
(a) Hector.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Dorcas.

2. After arguing with Nelson over Hector, where does the narrator go?
(a) To watch the villagers dance and celebrate.
(b) To walk the edge of the village, listening to the desert.
(c) To sit and watch the fires at the Basarwa settlement.
(d) To sit alone and meditate in the desert.

3. What change does the new Mother Committee make?
(a) Men can inherit land.
(b) Men are now admitted to the Sekopololo.
(c) Men can now run for office.
(d) Men can serve on committees.

4. What glass work has Nelson been creating based on a glass sculpture he created as a child?
(a) A glass vase.
(b) A glass woman.
(c) A glass hummingbird.
(d) A glass luminary ornament.

5. What illness overtakes Nelson for forty-eight hours?
(a) Stomach flu.
(b) Hives.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of her mother's does the narrator accidentally back over with a car?

2. Who are the night men in Tsau?

3. What does Nelson plan for the future of Tsau?

4. What performance do the villagers perform?

5. Who has the gun checked out for a supposed lion sighting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the villagers against hand washing and sanitation?

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

3. How does the narrator feel after Nelson is found in the desert and back in Tsau? What does this mean for their future?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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