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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 language does Nelson Denoon use to deliver a speech?

2. What is the name of the Tsau governing body?

3. How often does Nelson Denoon take his retreats?

4. Who is Martin Wade?

5. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator discover through her thesis work in the African bush? Is it what she expected?

2. What kinds of jokes does the narrator tell Nelson after dinner at Mma Isang's? Why?

3. Nelson leaves Tsau on retreat for four days. Why doesn't he tell the narrator why or where he is going? How does the narrator react?

4. What does Nelson Denoon believe is "Solar Democracy"?

5. What does the narrator obsess about losing after her donkey runs away? Why?

6. There are disagreements as to whether or not Nelson and the narrator should be a couple. Describe the feelings on this subject in the village.

7. The narrator begins to have very strange experiences in the desert. What are they, and how does she overcome it?

8. Why does the narrator position herself as cultural tour guide while in Gaborone?

9. What does Dineo question about the narrator's cover story after the narrator has been in Tsau for a few days and why?

10. Who is Martin Wade and what relationship does the narrator share with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nelson essentially turns his invitation to the narrator to come live with him into a PR event. Based on the way Nelson has handled his relationship with the narrator to this point and how he feels about village politics, why did he ask her in this way? What is the author demonstrating about Nelson's personality?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator faces several perils in the desert on her way to Tsau. What are they? How does the way the narrator handle those challenges speak to her character and the way she is evolving in the story? Include the way the narrator feels about her journey and her accomplishments in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the story the narrator does things or feels things that she does not feel positively about. How does the author describe these situations? Choose two examples from the book and explain how and why the author describes those feelings in the narrator.

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