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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 (pages 131-163).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mistake does the narrator make after finding Nelson Denoon?
(a) She uses an experimental outhouse.
(b) She knocks over an experimental outhouse.
(c) She insults Nelson's project.
(d) She insults the people Nelson is staying with.

2. What does the narrator lose when one of her animals runs off?
(a) All of these.
(b) Water.
(c) The tent.
(d) Part of her supplies.

3. Who does the narrator learn about a party from where she may meet Nelson Denoon?
(a) The owners of the home she is house sitting at.
(b) Martin Wade.
(c) "Z".
(d) Grace Denoon.

4. Who grabs the narrator by the hips and pushes her forward after Nelson Denoon's speech?
(a) Wade Martin.
(b) Grace Denoon.
(c) "Z".
(d) Nelson Denoon.

5. Where is the narrator preparing to go in Chapter 2?
(a) She is preparing to travel home.
(b) She is preparing to go back into the bush to do more research.
(c) She is preparing to travel to Cape Town.
(d) She is preparing to travel to Nelson's project.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical ailment is "Z" hiding that the narrator helps him alleviate?

2. Who does the narrator call "my boys" during her trip to Tsau?

3. What does the narrator fear may attack during her trip to Tsau?

4. What does the narrator consider her work on her thesis in the African bush?

5. What is Nelson Denoon doing when the narrator and Grace find him at the party?

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