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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does the narrator offer the man she went to town with?
(a) Repairing the second floor lights.
(b) Cleaning the back yard.
(c) Cleaning the gutters.
(d) Fixing a drainage problem.

2. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?
(a) To marry her.
(b) To cook for her.
(c) To be her driver.
(d) To mail papers to her daughter after she dies.

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

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

5. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Debussy.
(c) Bach.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator bring the person that lives near her house the morning after his return?

3. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?

4. What does the housekeeper call Mr. Vercueil?

5. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about the boy and her teaching?

2. Why does the narrator say she cannot give him money for nothing?

3. What does the narrator ask the homeless man to do upon her death?

4. Who does the narrator see parked outside of her house?

5. What did Mr. Vercueil do with more access to money?

6. What happened to the narrator three years ago?

7. Who does the narrator want out of the house?

8. What does the narrator explain when a neighbor who calls on the phone?

9. What happens after the police van continued driving?

10. What did the police do to Bheki and his friend?

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