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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 is the narrator doing when a group of villagers, led by Hector, come to speak with Nelson?
2. Why is their arrival a great consternation in Tsau?
3. What prevents the narrator from attending the public debate on time?
4. Who believes that the mysterious "lends itself too easily to liars and liars are the enemy"?
5. What does Nelson drink with Harold?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What weighs heavily on the narrator's mind about her and Nelson's relationship? Why?
3. What happens when the narrator invites Harold and Julia to their home for dinner?
4. Describe two of the political happenings in Chapter Six. What is their significance?
5. What argument do Nelson and the narrator have the day after the debate? Why is this significant?
6. What changes do we see in Nelson and the narrator as a result of Nelson's malaria?
7. What honor does the narrator receive in Tsau? How does she feel about what she's been asked to do?
8. How are children born in Tsau? How does the narrator react to the birthing process?
9. How does Nelson suggest to the narrator that they could stay in Tsau? Why? How does the narrator respond?
10. What does the narrator do the first time Nelson invites her to his house? Is this unexpected?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the exchange between Dineo and the narrator that ends in the bathhouse. What message is Dineo trying to send the narrator through her conversation and her actions?
Essay Topic 2
Norman Rush is a male author writing from a female point of view. How do you think this impacts the telling of the story? Is this approach unusual in literature? Why or why not? How do you think the perspective would have changed if it had been written by a woman? Be sure to explain your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Nelson gets drunk with Harold, which causes both Julia and the narrator to become concerned. What does this action mean to the characters involved - Nelson, Harold, Julia, and the narrator?
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