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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. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?

2. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?

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

4. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?

5. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator find near her garage?

4. What did the narrator do to ease her pain at the end of Part One, p. 3-15?

5. What is unique about the aged woman's views on the apartheid system?

6. What is the narrator told about her plan to make a complaint?

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

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

9. Who returns with her two young daughters and teenage son in Part Two, pgs. 35-56?

10. What did Bheki and another teenage boy do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the "Age of Iron", discuss whether suffering has any value for the characters.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Coetzee's development of the plot in the "Age of Iron", from the initial situation to the climax and conclusion.

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