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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 tribe does the narrator come across during her search for Nelson in the desert?
2. Who does the narrator ask to take her donkey back from the community in order to go get Nelson?
3. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?
4. Where does Nelson plan to go to bring stability back to Tsau?
5. What of her mother's does the narrator accidentally back over with a car?
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. Why does the narrator leave the villager's presentation of Lamentations of Women?
4. What honor does the narrator receive in Tsau? How does she feel about what she's been asked to do?
5. What changes do we see in Nelson and the narrator as a result of Nelson's malaria?
6. What shift occurs during the debate over God? Why does this happen?
7. What requests does Dineo make of the narrator in order for her to be able to take Nelson to Gaborone?
8. How does Nelson react to the arrival of Harold Mace and Julia Rodden in Tsau?
9. How does Nelson feel about the men in Tsau?
10. Why does the narrator become so frustrated when she has Nelson back in Gaborone? What does this frustration lead her to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator convinces Nelson to let her use his gun to shoot vervets. This is significant because Nelson dislikes guns and does not want them in the village. Why does he feel that way? What interaction does the narrator have while out with the gun? How does this speak to Nelson's feelings?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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