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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 does Nelson plan for the future of Tsau?
2. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?
3. Why do Harold and Julia say they are in Tsau?
4. Who makes the statement "Time is an ape"?
5. Who does Nelson bring gifts for the night he comes to get the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are children born in Tsau? How does the narrator react to the birthing process?
2. 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?
3. How does the village react to Nelson and the narrator becoming a couple? What happens that night?
4. What upsets Nelson about the growing amount of bartering with Basarwa, a nearby settlement? What items does he not like?
5. What happens when the narrator invites Harold and Julia to their home for dinner?
6. What honor does the narrator receive in Tsau? How does she feel about what she's been asked to do?
7. The narrator is strongly against Nelson's trip to Tikwe. Why? What literary tool could the author be using in this section?
8. How does Nelson feel about the men in Tsau?
9. How does Nelson suggest to the narrator that they could stay in Tsau? Why? How does the narrator respond?
10. What are some of the issues that Nelson Denoon and the narrator debate and discuss?
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
Describe the Mother Committee and the powerful women involved. This experimental village is meant to give women rights and powers that they don't have in ordinary society. However, based on the characters you've just described, what are the differences and similarities between men in ordinary society at that time and the women in Tsau?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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