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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. Who leads the group in opposition to Nelson?

2. What does Nelson's reaction to the narrator's attempts to cheer him up bring to the narrator's mind?

3. What is an example of ideology where Nelson and the villagers in Tsau differ?

4. Who does the narrator pour her heart out to when she is upset?

5. Why does the narrator attempt to measure Nelson with a measuring tape?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nelson feel about the men in Tsau?

2. How does the narrator feel about her decision regarding whether or not to stay in Tsau?

3. What new sign of trouble emerges in Tsau after the issue with the guns and the bartering have been called into question?

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

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

6. What are some of the issues that Nelson Denoon and the narrator debate and discuss?

7. 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?

8. What weighs heavily on the narrator's mind about her and Nelson's relationship? Why?

9. How does Nelson suggest to the narrator that they could stay in Tsau? Why? How does the narrator respond?

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

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

The reader sees increasingly Nelson Denoon's need and desire to pull away from the governing of Tsau, but he is unable to do so. Explain three examples the author gives of this dilemma. Why does this dilemma exist?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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