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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 35-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the housekeeper's husband work?
(a) At a chicken farming plant.
(b) At a car plant.
(c) At a chemical plant.
(d) At an electricity plant.

2. How much money does the man take from the narrator?
(a) 20 rands.
(b) Everything she has in her purse.
(c) 50 Rands.
(d) 150 Rands.

3. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?
(a) An old friend.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A bystander.
(d) A neighbor.

4. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Three years before the events of the book.
(b) Twelve years before the events of the book.
(c) Five years before the events of the book.
(d) Four years before the events of the book.

5. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?
(a) Mid 1990's.
(b) Mid 1970's.
(c) Mid 1980's.
(d) Mid 1960's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?

2. How does the housekeeper feel about the beating of Mr. Vercueil?

3. What does Mr. Vercueil do with the little girls?

4. What does the man buy with the money he takes from the narrator?

5. How does the narrator sign the letter she writes to her housekeeper?

(see the answer key)

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