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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nelson bring gifts for the night he comes to get the narrator?
(a) Dorca.
(b) Dineo.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Mma Isang.

2. Who says "I'm yours. I am" to the narrator?
(a) Hector.
(b) Mma Isang.
(c) Nelson Denoon.
(d) Dineo.

3. Who comes to visit Nelson in Gaborone?
(a) The Embassy nurse.
(b) Hiram.
(c) All of these.
(d) A Sri Lankan psychiatrist.

4. What illness overtakes Nelson for forty-eight hours?
(a) Hives.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Stomach flu.
(d) Fever.

5. Why is their arrival a great consternation in Tsau?
(a) All of these.
(b) Outsiders are always unwelcome.
(c) The villagers are suspicious of them.
(d) The village is supposed to be a secret.

6. Why is Nelson in a bad mood when the narrator tries to cheer him up?
(a) He is angry over Tsau political issues.
(b) He is angry over Spanish political issues.
(c) He is angry over American political issues.
(d) He is angry over African political issues.

7. What tendencies does Nelson say males have in general?
(a) Tendencies toward victimization of the weak.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Tendencies toward violence.
(d) Neither of these.

8. How does the narrator feel about her feelings for Nelson?
(a) She surprisingly feels little emotion.
(b) She still considers him a very good friend, but isn't developing other feelings for her.
(c) She is overjoyed and not worried at all.
(d) She is a little worried at how deeply she feels for him.

9. What does Nelson drink with Harold?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Rum.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

10. What does the narrator force Nelson to do out of frustration to jolt him out of his calm mental state?
(a) Write down his experience in the desert day-by-day.
(b) Return to the desert.
(c) None of these.
(d) Recall his experience in the desert day-by-day.

11. A direct confrontation develops between which two people as result of the debate?
(a) Hector and the narrator.
(b) Dorcas and Dineo.
(c) Nelson and Dorcas.
(d) Nelson and Hector.

12. What tribe does the narrator come across during her search for Nelson in the desert?
(a) None of these.
(b) Basanwa.
(c) Botswana.
(d) Baherero.

13. Who moderates the public meetings and debates?
(a) The Mother Committee.
(b) None of these.
(c) An elected official.
(d) Nelson Denoon.

14. What does Nelson create on the women of the village that offends the narrator?
(a) A map showing where the women will be relocated to start new villages.
(b) A diagram that shows the families, tribes, and affiliations.
(c) A diagram that demonstrates the positions each woman holds.
(d) A map noting where the women came from.

15. What change does the new Mother Committee make?
(a) Men can inherit land.
(b) Men can serve on committees.
(c) Men can now run for office.
(d) Men are now admitted to the Sekopololo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes the statement "Time is an ape"?

2. What does Nelson read while in jail?

3. Who sends Harold and Julia to Tsau?

4. What prevents the narrator from attending the public debate on time?

5. What of her mother's does the narrator accidentally back over with a car?

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