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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. What omen does the village receive on the night the narrator moves into Nelson's home?
2. What parts of the snakes are valuable in Tsau?
3. How many horses are in Tsau?
4. What does Nelson read while in jail?
5. How long is Nelson gone from Tsau on horseback before the narrator believes something has happened?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the village react to Nelson and the narrator becoming a couple? What happens that night?
2. 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?
3. How does Nelson suggest to the narrator that they could stay in Tsau? Why? How does the narrator respond?
4. What shift occurs during the debate over God? Why does this happen?
5. What upsets Nelson about the growing amount of bartering with Basarwa, a nearby settlement? What items does he not like?
6. How does the narrator feel about her decision regarding whether or not to stay in Tsau?
7. How does the narrator feel after Nelson is found in the desert and back in Tsau? What does this mean for their future?
8. Why does the narrator leave the villager's presentation of Lamentations of Women?
9. How does Nelson feel about the men in Tsau?
10. Why does the narrator become so frustrated when she has Nelson back in Gaborone? What does this frustration lead her to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the story the narrator does things or feels things that she does not feel positively about. How does the author describe these situations? Choose two examples from the book and explain how and why the author describes those feelings in the narrator.
Essay Topic 2
Describe what happened to Nelson in the desert. What kind of transformation has he experienced? Is this common among survivors? What does his transformation mean for his future with the narrator and the future of Tsau?
Essay Topic 3
Tsau is a complicated social experiment unlike any other in Africa at the time. From what we've learned in the book, describe the advantages and downfalls of such an experiment. Based on the political and social environment in Africa during the setting of this story, does an experiment such as this seem feasible?
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