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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. How long has David been writing in Chapter 17?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 5 weeks.
(d) 7 weeks.

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

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

4. What does David think is wrong with Catherine?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She has a tumor.
(c) She is insane.
(d) She is drinking too much.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does David describe his father's personal life?

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

4. Where is Marita when David finds her in Chapter 16?

5. What does Catherine call the African stories after David confronts her about showing Marita the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do at the beginning of Chapter 29?

2. What happens to David as he writes his short story about Africa?

3. How does Davy feel when he is shown the skeleton of the female elephant?

4. What does Davy do on the hunt that makes his father proud of him?

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

6. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

7. What does Catherine say about the long manuscript in Chapter 23?

8. What do David and Marita talk about after David writes about the skeleton of the female elephant?

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

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

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