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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What objects does the narrator obsess over losing during her trip to Tsau?
2. What physical change in the narrator causes her to worry about physical stress and poor nutrition while in the bush?
3. How long does the narrator plan to rest in Gaborone?
4. What is the social purpose of Tsau?
5. How is the narrator told to survive the desert?
Short Essay Questions
1. Grace Denoon and the narrator have lunch together after the narrator bumps into Grace while shopping for supplies. What do they discuss? What does this conversation represent?
2. What does the narrator notice as she approaches Tsau? What memories does it evoke?
3. What does the narrator obsess about losing after her donkey runs away? Why?
4. What does the reader learn about the narrator in Chapter 1? What characteristics does she display?
5. Why does the narrator have such difficulty finding the place where Nelson Denoon is rumored to be staying?
6. Why does the narrator position herself as cultural tour guide while in Gaborone?
7. Who is Martin Wade and what relationship does the narrator share with him?
8. What drives the narrator to contact Nelson Denoon?
9. Nelson Denoon tells the narrator at the squatters settlement that there is no place for her on his project. However, she is packing anyway. Why? What does this say about her character?
10. What happens between the narrator and Nelson Denoon when she first finds the place he is staying?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are changes occurring in Tsau. A small faction of villagers are separating themselves and asking for things that have previously not been allowed. A tense feeling is building among the villagers, the Mother Committee, and Nelson Denoon. What does the emergence of a split off group mean for the village? Include in your answer how this is the same or different from ordinary society and the normal progression of a society.
Essay Topic 2
The relationship between blacks and whites in Africa has changed throughout history. Research the history of the Botswana area and create a time line of facts, changes, and political movements. Explain how the history of the area is important to the racial climate in the story, the characters' actions, and how it impacts the relationships in the story.
Essay Topic 3
What are the social implications of a village like Tsau being cut off from the rest of the African continent? How does the author address these implications? What examples are there?
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