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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?
(a) Because it is a bad precedent.
(b) Because she does not have cash.
(c) Because it fosters laziness.
(d) Because he does not deserve it.

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

5. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Bheki and two other white boys.
(c) Florence.
(d) Bheki and another boy.

6. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Love.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rachelle.

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

8. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) On edge.
(d) Sullen.

9. What happens to the narrator's car in Page 16?
(a) The engine backfires.
(b) It refuses to start.
(c) It gets a flat tire.
(d) The engine starts on fire.

10. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?
(a) File a complaint about the police.
(b) Call the mayor's office.
(c) Bring Bheki to a white doctor.
(d) Bring Bheki to the police.

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

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

13. What is the name of the housekeeper's son?
(a) John.
(b) Harry.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Bheki.

14. What do Bheki and his friend crash into?
(a) A plumber's car.
(b) A police car.
(c) A bay window.
(d) A wall.

15. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?
(a) The graffiti left on her sofa.
(b) Stealing her piano.
(c) The vandalism.
(d) The burglars where white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator offer to do for Florence?

2. What are the police doing as the narrator looks outside her window?

3. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?

4. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?

5. What is Mr. Vercueil doing in the back yard that the housekeeper's daughters watch?

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