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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If anyone left the camp where Michael K was at, they would be sent to the ________ camp called Brandvlei.
(a) Death.
(b) Mission.
(c) Christian.
(d) Hard labor.

2. Michael K weighed less than 90 pounds when he enters the ___________ ward at the camp in Cape Town.
(a) Labor.
(b) Mental health.
(c) Medical.
(d) Administrative.

3. When Noel asked Michael K about the ________, Michael K said that it belonged to no one else but the earth.
(a) Garden.
(b) Pumpkin seeds.
(c) Cave.
(d) Farmhouse.

4. Michael K ignored his body's cries for ________ and simply stayed in his new home.
(a) Women.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Food.
(d) Companionship.

5. Michael K disguised the entrance of his dwelling so that it could not be seen from the __________.
(a) Bank.
(b) Camp.
(c) Military post.
(d) Dam.

6. The camp where Michael K was at was patrolled by __________ which were police with blue berets.
(a) Blue Husks.
(b) Free Corps.
(c) Blue Bandits.
(d) White Corps.

7. The doctor didn't understand how _______ could have been running a garden to feel the rebels while starving to death.
(a) Mike.
(b) K.
(c) Michael.
(d) Michaels.

8. The relative of Captain Oosthuizen was a ____________ and drove Michael K ruthlessly the entire day.
(a) Rancher.
(b) Prince.
(c) King.
(d) Farmer.

9. Michael K gave another man half of his wages in order to help him support his ____________.
(a) Wife.
(b) Father.
(c) Children.
(d) Mother.

10. The grandson admits to Michael K that he is a deserter of the ________.
(a) Army.
(b) Refugee camp.
(c) Government.
(d) Police.

11. The only food that Michael K had to eat was ______ and grubs when he was staying in the cave.
(a) Paper.
(b) Pumpkins.
(c) Roots.
(d) Bread.

12. What did K water for the last time before heading toward the town and away from the grandson?
(a) Pumpkins.
(b) Pineapple.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Lettuce.

13. The captain decide that the refugees were ungrateful _________ and that they would starve as a result of the explosion.
(a) Criminals.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Beasts.

14. Michael K was unresponsive and the doctor became enraged when Michael K said that he was not in ________.
(a) The room.
(b) The war.
(c) The world.
(d) The army.

15. The camp where Michael K was kept was built on the old ___________ at the edge of town.
(a) Train station.
(b) Church.
(c) Graveyard.
(d) Racetrack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Captain Noel wanted the doctor to speed up the __________ process, even though the doctor was hesitant.

2. What is the name of the rehabilitation camp where Michael K ends up in Cape Town?

3. During what part of the camp's training did Michael K collapse which caused him to be taken to a doctor?

4. When the police found Michael K delirious, they assumed that he was _________ as he was wandering around in a stupor.

5. What did Michael K only do sparingly so as not to call attention to his good and his new home?

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