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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 items are brought in for the baby to see when it is born?

2. Who is elected to the Mother Committee's second chair?

3. Who is Mma Isang trying to keep from the new arch ceremony?

4. Why do the villagers disagree with Nelson's insistence on hand washing and sanitation?

5. Where does the narrator want to take Nelson?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator do the first time Nelson invites her to his house? Is this unexpected?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

There are indications throughout the story that the narrator has had a poor relationship with her mother. What are some of these examples? How do you think the narrator's relationship with her mother shapes her current relationships and approach to life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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