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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine want to include in the manuscript?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Illustrations.
(d) Poetry.

2. How does David view his life in Chapter 17?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) A refuge.

3. What are Marita and Catherine drinking when David finds them and confronts Catherine about showing Marita his manuscript?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Absinthe.
(c) Beer.
(d) Brandy.

4. What does David do with everything he has written on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Eats it.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Crosses it out.
(d) Shreds it.

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

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

7. What does David call he and Marita on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) The ever afters.
(b) The Bournes.
(c) The one.
(d) The couple.

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

9. What does David threaten when Catherine says she is not sorry for showing Marita the manuscript?
(a) To leave her.
(b) Not to finish the book.
(c) To burn the book.
(d) To take her part out of the book.

10. How does David describe his father's personal life?
(a) Disastrous.
(b) Calm.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Erratic.

11. Where do David and Marita go when they are alone?
(a) The cafy.
(b) The writing room.
(c) The cove.
(d) A hotel suite.

12. Where does Catherine say she will find an artist for the long narrative?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Paris.

13. About what does David know more the second time he writes his short stories?
(a) Himself.
(b) Davy.
(c) Africa.
(d) His father.

14. Which story does David rewrite in the last chapter?
(a) The first one.
(b) The elephant story.
(c) The giraffe description.
(d) The Rifle story.

15. What does David write on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Simple sentences.
(b) Scripture passages.
(c) Poems.
(d) Lists of words.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine say she wants to study when she returns from Cannes?

2. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are alone and speaking about her?

3. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?

4. What does Catherine do after she reads the short story?

5. How long does it take David to finish his short story?

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