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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. How do the inhabitants of the squatter settlement view the narrator when she comes looking for Denoon?

2. What is Nelson Denoon doing when the narrator and Grace find him at the party?

3. Where do Grace and the narrator find Nelson Denoon?

4. After the narrator has been in Tsau a couple of days, who tells her the village has no room for one more and she must leave as soon as possible?

5. Who is having the party where the narrator may meet Nelson Denoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator stick to the story she created when she first entered Tsau?

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

3. How does land ownership and currency work in Tsau? What observations does the narrator make?

4. 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?

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

6. How does the narrator prepare to leave for Tsau? How does she plan to travel? What risks is she taking?

7. Who is "Z" and what relationship does the narrator share with him?

8. What feelings does the narrator have as a result of visiting Victoria Falls with Giles? Why?

9. The narrator has conflicting feelings about Nelson Denoon after talking to him further in the squatter settlement. What are they?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the reasons why Nelson opposes having guns in the village. Why is each significant? What does his approach to the problem say about his character?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator in this story is anonymous. Why does the author approach the story this way? How does it impact the reader's view of the story? Would it change if we knew more about the narrator, like her name? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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