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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 does Nelson plan for the future of Tsau?

2. Who leads the group in opposition to Nelson?

3. How does the narrator feel about her feelings for Nelson?

4. Who chooses the topics for the debates?

5. What tendencies does Nelson say males have in general?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What honor does the narrator receive in Tsau? How does she feel about what she's been asked to do?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The relationship between blacks and whites in Africa has changed throughout history. Research the history of the Botswana area and create a time line of facts, changes, and political movements. Explain how the history of the area is important to the racial climate in the story, the characters' actions, and how it impacts the relationships in the story.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator in this story is anonymous. Why does the author approach the story this way? How does it impact the reader's view of the story? Would it change if we knew more about the narrator, like her name? Why or why not?

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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