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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 (pages 253-300).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Lions.
(d) Snakes.

2. What does the narrator use to keep predators away at night in the desert?
(a) Spreads urine around the camp to keep them away.
(b) Sets up trip wires, torches, and traps.
(c) Spreads ammonia around the camp to keep them away.
(d) Light a ring fire.

3. What does "Z" do for a living?
(a) "Z" is an American spy.
(b) "Z" is a British spy.
(c) "Z" is a South African politician.
(d) "Z" is a local undercover agent.

4. Who is Nelson Denoon rumored to be staying with in a squatter settlement?
(a) A native African family.
(b) An outcasted white family.
(c) Soldiers of the black revolutionaries.
(d) The local authorities.

5. How is the narrator told to survive the desert?
(a) Focus on the horizon.
(b) Get past the feeling it is an organism demanding surrender.
(c) Be prepared with a compass and plenty of water.
(d) Consider the desert a living organism that must be conquered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do to set herself apart when she meets Nelson Denoon?

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

3. Who is drawn to "intellectual love"?

4. What about Nelson Denoon fascinates the narrator?

5. What are the names of the animals the narrator is traveling with?

(see the answer key)

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