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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Petrus brings up as a "perk" for David?
(a) David will get insurance money for damages to the farm.
(b) David could get Lucy to come to the city with him.
(c) David could sell the farm to Petrus.
(d) David will get money for his car from the insurance claim.

2. On the day after the party, with what kind of work does David help Petrus?
(a) Laying pipe.
(b) Repairing locks.
(c) Repairing windows.
(d) Mending fences.

3. After this evening conversation, when does Bev call David?
(a) A few days later.
(b) The next afteroon.
(c) A few weeks later.
(d) A week later.

4. What does Mr. Isaac say he will not do for David?
(a) Mr. Isaac says that he will not forgive David.
(b) Mr. Isaac says that he will not try to get David reinstated at the University.
(c) Mr. Isaac says that he will not let Melanie communicate with him.
(d) Mr. Isaac says that he will not speak on his behalf to a new school

5. What literary reference doe David make after his meeting with Bev?
(a) Lady MacBeth.
(b) Emma Bovary.
(c) Moll Flanders.
(d) Desdemona.

6. When David comes to the farm to visit, what proposal does Petrus have for Lucy that he asks David to offer her?
(a) Buying her land.
(b) Renting her land to farm.
(c) Buying her house and her farm.
(d) Marriage.

7. After Lucy and her father discuss their version of their stories that they told the police, what is it that he is bothered by?
(a) That Lucy told the police that she did not want to press charges.
(b) That Lucy never bought insurance for her farm property.
(c) That Lucy was curt when she spoke to the police.
(d) That she omitted what happened personally to her when she was alone with the men.

8. Why is Petrus concerned about Lucy's returning to the market?
(a) If she doesn't go to market, she will lose her profit.
(b) If she doesn't go to market, the rapist will know he has destroyed her.
(c) If she doesn't go to market, he will not get his cut of the profit.
(d) If she doesn't go to market, she will lose her stall.

9. In this attack that David instigates, who comes to the rescue of the recipient of David's attack?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Petrus.
(c) Pollux.
(d) Bev.

10. When David returns to the town where the University is, how long has he been gone?
(a) Five months.
(b) Three months.
(c) One month.
(d) Two months.

11. As Chapter 15 begins, for what event is Petrus preparing?
(a) A political announcement.
(b) A party.
(c) A community meeting.
(d) A barnstorming.

12. What is it that David urges Petrus to do on this evening?
(a) Introduce him to potential voters.
(b) Take care of the animals.
(c) Ask people to make less noise.
(d) Call the police.

13. Which character in the final chapter says, "I am determined to be a good person. You should try to be a good person too?"
(a) Helen.
(b) Bill Shaw.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Bev.

14. To whom does David write a letter about the attack on the farm?
(a) Rosalind.
(b) The police.
(c) Mr. Isaacs.
(d) The university.

15. What is the purpose of Bev's telephone call to David?
(a) Bev calls to invite David to discess Petrus in confidence.
(b) Bev calls to invite David to help her at home with Bill.
(c) Bev calls to invite David to meet her at the clinic that same day.
(d) Bev calls to invite David to discuss Melanie with her psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the fight between David and the other person is over, what does Lucy ask of David?

2. Who does David think of immediately after having been with Bev?

3. Who is it that accosts David and has a threatening conversation with David about staying with "his own kind."

4. What action of Petrus frustrates David as Petrus prepares for the upcoming event.

5. When David is back in Cape Town, he calls Bev to find out how Lucy is doing. What question does David ask Bev about Lucy that she evades?

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