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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 settlement is nearby Tsau?

2. What things have changed in Nelson's home between the time the narrator goes in to snoop and the first time Nelson invites her over?

3. What illness overtakes the narrator after Nelson has recovered?

4. Why do Harold and Julia say they are in Tsau?

5. Where is the village of Tsau located?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the scheduled debate over God bother the narrator so much? How does Nelson feel?

2. Describe two of the political happenings in Chapter Six. What is their significance?

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

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

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

6. How does the narrator feel after Nelson is found in the desert and back in Tsau? What does this mean for their future?

7. How does the village react to Nelson and the narrator becoming a couple? What happens that night?

8. How does Nelson react to the arrival of Harold Mace and Julia Rodden in Tsau?

9. What requests does Dineo make of the narrator in order for her to be able to take Nelson to Gaborone?

10. What happens when the narrator invites Harold and Julia to their home for dinner?

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

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.

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