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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 might Michael K describe the room where her mother was staying for a while?
(a) Large.
(b) Rat infested.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.

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

3. What did Michael K add to the cart in order to protect her from the worst of the weather?
(a) An umbrella attachment.
(b) A canopy.
(c) A set of windows.
(d) A metal top.

4. What was happening to Michael K as well since he was spending so many nights in the damp cold with his mother?
(a) He was shrinking.
(b) He was getting angry.
(c) He was getting sick.
(d) He was getting desperate.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had collapsed, leaving the train track covered in rocks and other pieces of debris?

2. How did Michael K's mother feed her son since he could not breast feed or bottle feed?

3. Michael was not judged to be smart enough for regular school, so he was sent to a special _______ institution.

4. What was wrong with Anna that Michael K decided that she needed to be taken to a hospital?

5. What did K try to salvage once he realized that the people who lived above them had left the building as well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened one day at the Buhrmann's apartment while Anna and K were trying to live there?

2. Why didn't K mind the extra burden of taking care of his mother when she was in failing health?

3. What was K going to do with the money that Anna had saved up over the years?

4. Why did K enjoy working in solitude during his time with the parks and garden department?

5. What did K have to fend off in the morning after he and his mother spent the night sleeping in some undergrowth?

6. What happened because Michael K was judged to be not smart enough for regular school?

7. What happened to Anna the day after she was taken to the hospital with a fever?

8. Why did K go back to working days for the parks and gardens after working nights for a time?

9. What had been Anna's job for eight years when she was in Sea Point at the Cote d'Azur apartments?

10. What happened after K ate the goat that took him such a long time to kill?

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