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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?
(a) The police.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Concerned neighbors.
(d) Florence.

2. What does the narrator see the police do?
(a) Arrest Bheki.
(b) Shoot a black man.
(c) Run over a possum.
(d) Hit Bheki's bike with their door.

3. What does the narrator give the man following his reaction to her comment regarding giving money for nothing?
(a) Her purse.
(b) He credit card.
(c) Her wallet.
(d) Her jewelry.

4. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?
(a) On the kitchen floor.
(b) On the couch.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) On the guest bed.

5. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?
(a) Arrest them.
(b) Attack them.
(c) Fine them.
(d) Drink with them.

6. What is the name of the homeless man?
(a) Mr Vercueil.
(b) Mr Clack.
(c) Mr Auteille.
(d) Mr Clown.

7. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?
(a) It has no point.
(b) It is disrespectful.
(c) It is a crime.
(d) It is necessary.

8. What instrument does the narrator play?
(a) The guitar.
(b) The trombone.
(c) The violin.
(d) Piano.

9. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) A couple of days.
(c) A couple of hours.
(d) A couple of month.

10. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?
(a) Her son could be fined.
(b) She does not have insurance.
(c) She is sought by police.
(d) She does not want to be involved with the police.

11. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?
(a) Her sister.
(b) A homeless woman.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) Her daughter.

12. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?
(a) Her daughter and Tchaikovsky.
(b) Her sister and her brother.
(c) Her daughter and Bach.
(d) Bach and Beethoven.

13. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?
(a) That the dog is hers.
(b) That the pool house heats the pool.
(c) That the vagrant is in fact her employee.
(d) That the homeless man owns the dog.

14. What does the person helping the narrator say she could do with the extra room in her house?
(a) Rent to students.
(b) Take a second mortgage.
(c) Rent to recently released prisoners.
(d) Create a bed and breakfast.

15. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?
(a) Pay for his gambling habit.
(b) Pay his debts.
(c) Drink.
(d) Study.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?

2. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?

3. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?

4. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?

5. What does one of Bheki's friends bring to the narrator's home?

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