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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Michael K's first job once he left school and decided to find a reasonable job?
(a) Servant.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Trainer.

2. Michael was not judged to be smart enough for regular school, so he was sent to a special _______ institution.
(a) National.
(b) Local.
(c) State.
(d) Country.

3. Where did K pay his rent though he said that he would not be coming back?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Apartment.
(c) Hostel.
(d) The garden society.

4. What did Anna's employers allow her to go on once she became ill?
(a) Unemployment.
(b) Light duty.
(c) A vacation.
(d) Their health insurance.

5. The nurses at the hospital ___________ to let Michael K stay with his mother overnight in the ward.
(a) Decided.
(b) Would not willing.
(c) Were willing.
(d) Thought.

6. What did Michael K decide to abandon after his encounter with the soldier who took from him?
(a) His name.
(b) His clothes.
(c) His money.
(d) Suitcase.

7. Where did Michael K sleep when he could not find any gardening work after the death of his mother?
(a) Under the railway bridge.
(b) At the apartment.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In the cart.

8. Where did Anna sit with Michael K in order to wait for the bus to arrive?
(a) In the lobby.
(b) In her bed.
(c) In the waiting room.
(d) By the road.

9. On what day of the week did Michael K always visit his mother, even when he was working on a regular basis?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) It varied.

10. What did Michael K end up eating from the ground because he was getting dizzy?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A piece of someone's bread.
(c) Rotted fruit.
(d) Rotted meat.

11. At what age did Michael K have to start taking care of his mother, Anna, when her health began to fail?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 31.
(d) 30.

12. Where did Michael K and his mother sleep when he began to realize it might take days for them to reach Prince Albert?
(a) A checkpoint.
(b) The hospital lobby.
(c) A tree.
(d) Undergrowth near the road.

13. Who told Michael K's mother that his lip would improve and close up over time?
(a) His father.
(b) Her doctor.
(c) The midwife.
(d) His aunt.

14. Michael K is born with a ________ lip which causes him a number of problems in his life.
(a) Missing.
(b) Black.
(c) Hare.
(d) Green.

15. What did a soldier who stopped Michael K on the side of the road take from him?
(a) The cart.
(b) His mother's ashes.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michael K refuse to do when he found out that his mother had died in the hospital?

2. At what apartments did Anna K work for the duration of her eight years of employment?

3. What had Anna saved in order to help her and Michael K get to the city where she wants to be?

4. One morning, men came and cleared out all of the ___________ in the apartment without any explanation to Michael K and Anna.

5. Michael K felt that it was his _______ to take care of his mother when she became ill.

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