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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?

2. What is the man's reaction to the narrator's comment about giving money for nothing?

3. Where is the narrator's husband in Part One?

4. What does Florence learn thanks to a phone call a few hours after the crash?

5. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say to the homeless man about her family?

3. What happens when the narrator leaves to go shopping?

4. What does the narrator not understand about the townships?

5. What does Vercueil explain to the narrator when they reach the boy's hospital room?

6. What is the aged woman diagnosed with at the start of Part One, pg. 3-15?

7. What does the narrator warn Florence of regarding hate?

8. What does the homeless man do when the narrator brings him coffee?

9. What is the narrator surprised about when she observes Mr. Vercueil?

10. What does the narrator reassure Florence of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze why Coetzee chose to write using fiction in "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why Coetzee chose to use first person and a narrator to tell the story in the "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 3

Examine the impact apartheid had on schools and students in South Africa.

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