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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Catherine say she feels in Chapter 19?
(a) Ugly.
(b) Tired.
(c) Ignored.
(d) Old.

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

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

5. How long does it take David to finish his short story?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 4 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinces David to dismiss his threat after confronting Catherine about showing Marita the manuscript?

2. What does Catherine want to include in the manuscript?

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

4. What does Juma call elephant mates?

5. About what does David say he cares most in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Catherine say she owns the African short stories?

2. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

3. What does David want to talk to his father about, and why?

4. What does Catherine say to David about his clippings when they are on the beach, and what has she done with them?

5. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are swimming alone in the cove after David's first short story has been completed?

6. What does David do after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

7. What is different when David wakes up in the last chapter?

8. What does Catherine say when David and Marita come home from celebrating the completion of the elephant story?

9. What does David do when he gets back from the beach with the girls after finishing the elephant story?

10. What makes it easier for David to write the African stories the second time?

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