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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 is the narrator's most unusual quality?
(a) Her obsession with geography.
(b) Her ability to remember names and faces.
(c) Her physical appearance.
(d) Her didactic memory.

2. Where do Grace and the narrator find Nelson Denoon?
(a) In the parlor.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the guest house.

3. What month is the narrator traveling to Tsau?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) May.

4. What objects does the narrator obsess over losing during her trip to Tsau?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Her mirror.
(c) Her comb.
(d) Both 1 & 2.

5. What is Nelson Denoon doing when the narrator and Grace find him at the party?
(a) He is telling jokes with a group of other men.
(b) He is discussing academics with other black and white professors.
(c) He is having a debate with black and white politicians.
(d) He is kissing another woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator know of Nelson Denoon?

2. How long was the narrator in the African bush studying for her thesis?

3. How old is the narrator when she starts her journey to Gaborone at the beginning of the book?

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

5. What does the narrator do with most of her possessions?

(see the answer key)

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