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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does David feel when he finishes the elephant story?
(a) Empty and Proud.
(b) Fulfilled and exhausted.
(c) Happy and relieved.
(d) Confused and disoriented.

2. What is the name of the father figure in the African stories?
(a) Frank.
(b) Father.
(c) David.
(d) Robert.

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

4. Where is Marita when David finds her in Chapter 16?
(a) The beach.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The garden.
(d) His bed.

5. What is Marita doing when David sees her alone in the bar?
(a) Drinking absinthe.
(b) Flirting with Nina.
(c) Reading his book.
(d) Crying.

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

7. What does David do for the first time in the book in Chapter 27?
(a) Swears.
(b) Smokes.
(c) Drives.
(d) Sings.

8. What feeling does David want included in the elephant story?
(a) Pride.
(b) Greed.
(c) Betrayal.
(d) Despair.

9. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are alone and speaking about her?
(a) Sees a doctor.
(b) Drinks some absinthe.
(c) Reads the new story.
(d) Searches Marita's room.

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

11. How many bullets had been used to kill the female elephant years ago?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

12. About what does David say he cares most in Chapter 25?
(a) Himself.
(b) Marita.
(c) Catherine.
(d) His writing.

13. Who killed the female elephant years before the bull elephant was spotted?
(a) Davy's uncle.
(b) A poacher.
(c) Davy's father.
(d) Juma.

14. What does David do with Marita once he stops writing on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Eats dinner.
(b) Goes swimming.
(c) Makes love.
(d) Goes for a drive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine call David after insulting his grammar?

2. What does David say he wants to do after seeing what Catherine has done to his African stories?

3. How does David view his life in Chapter 17?

4. What is the name of the boy in David's short stories?

5. Who makes David a meal in Chapter 20?

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