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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. Why does Florence's cousin give the narrator a jacket to put over her head?
(a) To protect her from the rain.
(b) To hide that she is white.
(c) To hide from those she wronged.
(d) To hide that she is wealthy.

2. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to fix?
(a) Her cable box.
(b) Her pool filter.
(c) Her radio antenna.
(d) Her TV antenna.

3. What does the narrator think is insane?
(a) The South African education system.
(b) The form of comradeship the boys have.
(c) The way young people can find guns.
(d) The police powers.

4. What does Mr. Vercueil do with the keys of the car?
(a) Throws them in the water.
(b) Puts them in his pocket.
(c) Throws them in the bushes.
(d) Throws them over a cliff.

5. Who serves as a guide for the people in the narrator's car?
(a) A 10 year old boy.
(b) An old man.
(c) A 20 year old boy.
(d) A 10 year old girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator try to do while tipsy?

2. What is the narrator's name?

3. What does the narrator try to do?

4. What is Vercueil curious about?

5. Who is with the narrator as she drives to the township?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John ask money for?

2. What was the narrator planning to do with her car?

3. Where do Mr. Vercueil and the narrator drive?

4. Why does Mrs. Curren call Dr. Syfret?

5. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

6. What advice does the narrator offer to Mr. Thabane?

7. Why does Mr. Thabane advise the narrator to put a jacket over her head?

8. What happens the morning the doorbell rings repeatedly?

9. What does the narrator notice when passing by Florence's room in Part Three, p. 147-176?

10. What do the narrator and Mr. Thabane discuss about comradeship?

(see the answer keys)

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