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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. What political action do a couple of women ask the narrator to take?
(a) Run for election to the Mother Committee.
(b) Overthrow the Mother Committee.
(c) Help elect Dorcas to the Mother Committee.
(d) Get Nelson elected to the Mother Committee.

2. Where does Nelson plan to go to bring stability back to Tsau?
(a) Tikwe.
(b) The squatter settlement.
(c) Gaborone.
(d) Basanwa.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness overtakes Nelson for forty-eight hours?

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

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

4. What does Nelson read while in jail?

5. How does the narrator feel about her feelings for Nelson?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the villagers against hand washing and sanitation?

2. How does Nelson feel about the men in Tsau?

3. How does the narrator feel about her decision regarding whether or not to stay in Tsau?

4. How does the narrator feel after Nelson is found in the desert and back in Tsau? What does this mean for their future?

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

6. How does Nelson suggest to the narrator that they could stay in Tsau? Why? How does the narrator respond?

7. What are some of the issues that Nelson Denoon and the narrator debate and discuss?

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

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

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

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