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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Nelson in a bad mood when the narrator tries to cheer him up?

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

4. What does the narrator force Nelson to do out of frustration to jolt him out of his calm mental state?

5. What does Nelson say attacked a male lion in the desert?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The narrator is strongly against Nelson's trip to Tikwe. Why? What literary tool could the author be using in this section?

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

7. 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?

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

9. What new sign of trouble emerges in Tsau after the issue with the guns and the bartering have been called into question?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the exchange between Dineo and the narrator that ends in the bathhouse. What message is Dineo trying to send the narrator through her conversation and her actions?

Essay Topic 2

The reader sees increasingly Nelson Denoon's need and desire to pull away from the governing of Tsau, but he is unable to do so. Explain three examples the author gives of this dilemma. Why does this dilemma exist?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator does not understand Nelson's calm nature when he is accused of and jailed for Hector's murder. However, he does remain extremely calm, saying he is content to let the village he created deal with him. Explain the dynamic that is occurring in this situation between Nelson and the villagers and Nelson and the narrator.

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