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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 fact do a couple of women ask the narrator to confirm?

2. Who pulls the villagers together to put on a performance?

3. What settlement is nearby Tsau?

4. What is the narrator doing when a group of villagers, led by Hector, come to speak with Nelson?

5. What does Nelson drink with Harold?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator become so frustrated when she has Nelson back in Gaborone? What does this frustration lead her to?

2. Why does the narrator leave the villager's presentation of Lamentations of Women?

3. How are children born in Tsau? How does the narrator react to the birthing process?

4. The narrator is strongly against Nelson's trip to Tikwe. Why? What literary tool could the author be using in this section?

5. Why are the villagers against hand washing and sanitation?

6. What shift occurs during the debate over God? Why does this happen?

7. What upsets Nelson about the growing amount of bartering with Basarwa, a nearby settlement? What items does he not like?

8. What changes do we see in Nelson and the narrator as a result of Nelson's malaria?

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

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 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

In Chapter Four we see the relationship between Nelson and the narrator evolving. What examples does the author give of this evolution and future development? How do each of the characters feel about this progression in their relationship?

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