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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Harold Mace and Julia Rodden arrive in Tsau?
(a) They were flown in on a supply plane.
(b) They were escorted by villagers.
(c) They drove.
(d) They traveled by horseback.

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

3. Who organizes the night men in Tsau?
(a) Mma Isang.
(b) Hector.
(c) Dineo.
(d) Dorcas.

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

5. How many horses are in Tsau?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator attempt to measure Nelson with a measuring tape?

2. Who pulls the villagers together to put on a performance?

3. Who does Nelson bring gifts for the night he comes to get the narrator?

4. What settlement is nearby Tsau?

5. Why does the narrator attend some childbirths in the birthing house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nelson react to the arrival of Harold Mace and Julia Rodden in Tsau?

2. Describe two of the political happenings in Chapter Six. What is their significance?

3. How are children born in Tsau? How does the narrator react to the birthing process?

4. What weighs heavily on the narrator's mind about her and Nelson's relationship? Why?

5. There continues to be social unrest in Tsau. The village is now split regarding the presence of the night men. What does the narrator learn about the disagreement? How does she feel about it?

6. Why does the scheduled debate over God bother the narrator so much? How does Nelson feel?

7. Why does the narrator become so frustrated when she has Nelson back in Gaborone? What does this frustration lead her to?

8. What happens when the narrator invites Harold and Julia to their home for dinner?

9. What honor does the narrator receive in Tsau? How does she feel about what she's been asked to do?

10. Why does the narrator leave the villager's presentation of Lamentations of Women?

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