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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who chooses the topics for the debates?
(a) The Mother Committee.
(b) An elected official.
(c) Nelson Denoon.
(d) None of these.

2. Who believes that the mysterious "lends itself too easily to liars and liars are the enemy"?
(a) Nelson Denoon.
(b) Dineo.
(c) Mma Isang.
(d) The narrator.

3. Who is Dorcas' long-lost brother?
(a) Hector.
(b) Jose.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Raboupi.

4. Where is the village of Tsau located?
(a) Property owned by the American government.
(b) Privately owned land.
(c) Unclaimed desert.
(d) In the middle of a game preserve.

5. 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 American political issues.
(c) He is angry over African political issues.
(d) He is angry over Spanish political issues.

6. What is an example of ideology where Nelson and the villagers in Tsau differ?
(a) Allowing the women to leave the village.
(b) Having men in the village.
(c) Having guns in the village.
(d) The number of hours worked each week.

7. Why does the narrator attend some childbirths in the birthing house?
(a) To prepare for her own birthing experience.
(b) To improve her midwifery skills.
(c) To represent Nelson, who is not allowed in.
(d) To bless the children as they are born.

8. Why do the villagers disagree with Nelson's insistence on hand washing and sanitation?
(a) It is against their religious beliefs.
(b) They believe it is a waste of time.
(c) They do not like using the unfamiliar soaps.
(d) Because they are not familiar with it, nor do they understand it.

9. What does Dorcas accuse Nelson of the night he and the narrator argue?
(a) She accuses him of controlling the village for too long.
(b) She accuses him of murdering Mma Isang.
(c) She accuses him of murdering Hector.
(d) She accuses him of impregnating a young girl.

10. What performance do the villagers perform?
(a) A version of Oliver.
(b) A version of Lamentations of Women.
(c) A version of the Phantom of the Opera.
(d) A version of Romeo and Juliet.

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

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

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

14. Who does the narrator go to in order to get Nelson out of Tsau?
(a) Mma Isang.
(b) The Mother Committee.
(c) Dorcas.
(d) Dineo.

15. What items are brought in for the baby to see when it is born?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Relatives.
(d) Neither of these.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nelson drink with Harold?

3. What kind of new project does Nelson Denoon propose?

4. What glass work has Nelson been creating based on a glass sculpture he created as a child?

5. Who comes to visit Nelson in Gaborone?

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