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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David say he wants to do after seeing what Catherine has done to his African stories?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Divorce her.
(c) Marry her again.
(d) Make love to her.

2. What does Marita tell David to comfort him after his stories are burned?
(a) She will help him transcribe the work.
(b) He can rewrite the stories.
(c) She will never leave him.
(d) Catherine will come back.

3. Where do David and Marita make love for the first time?
(a) Catherine's bed.
(b) The writing room.
(c) The garden.
(d) The cove.

4. With what does Catherine compare burning David's stories?
(a) Taking his pride.
(b) Hurting his soul.
(c) Killing a child.
(d) Committing suicide.

5. What was David's dog's name?
(a) Kyro.
(b) Kujo.
(c) Kibble.
(d) Kibo.

6. Who convinces David to dismiss his threat after confronting Catherine about showing Marita the manuscript?
(a) His publisher.
(b) Marita.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Davy.

7. How does David's writing flow in the last chapter?
(a) Difficultly.
(b) He needs to be prompted by Martia.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Effortlessly.

8. What word does Davy use to describe the dying elephant?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Alive.
(c) Static.
(d) Terrible.

9. What does Catherine do after she reads the short story?
(a) Rips it in half.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Burns it.
(d) Throws it at David.

10. What does Catherine say she wants to study when she returns from Cannes?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

11. How does Marita describe the short story when she first reads it?
(a) Lovely and enchanting.
(b) Haunting and sweet.
(c) Terrible and wonderful.
(d) Terifying and Exhilarating.

12. What does Davy wish on the first night of the tracking?
(a) He had brought his dog.
(b) He had not come on the hunt.
(c) He had been stronger.
(d) He had never seen the elephant.

13. On what kind of terrain is the bull elephant found?
(a) Sand.
(b) Harsh rocks.
(c) Grassy plain.
(d) Cooled lava.

14. What does Davy decide when they reach the female elephant corpse?
(a) He will never hunt again.
(b) He will never be greedy about money.
(c) He will never tell anyone anything again.
(d) He will never eat a living thing.

15. Who tells David that Catherine has left for Paris?
(a) The butler.
(b) Madame.
(c) Marita.
(d) A note.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do with everything he has written on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

2. How does Madame feel about David's love triangle?

3. Who kills the bull elephant?

4. Where does David go the minute he gets back from the beach with Catherine and Marita?

5. What does David drink with his breakfast after Catherine leaves after burning the stories?

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