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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michael K and Anna need in order to get through the checkpoint at the outskirts of town?

2. Where did K decide that he and his mother should travel in order to be more successful with their journey?

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

4. Michael K was fed by some strangers, but the children continued to stare at his __________.

5. Michael K finally convinced Anna that he could take her away from the city by means of __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What hindered K and Anna's movements after there were a number of riots in the area?

2. What kind of job did K get when he left school at the age of 15 in the book?

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

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

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

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

7. What did K tell Visagie's grandson when he arrived at the farmhouse unexpectedly where K was staying?

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

9. What kind of deformity was Michael K born with which repulses his mother when she looks at him?

10. What did Michael decide to use in order to move his mother around, eventually taking her to her beloved destination?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The trip that Anna and Michael make exhausts both of them.

Part 1: Do you think Anna and Michael should have attempted the trip at all? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you think Anna would have died had she stayed where she was before the trip? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think Michael should have pushed Anna to travel in the way she did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In the end, K had no shame in being simple and being a drifter in life.

Part 1: Do you think K was truly happy with the way his life turned out? Why or why not?

Part 2: Do you believe that K died at the end of the book? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think that perhaps death is the truest form of freedom? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Anna decides she wants to go back to the place where she was born, and Michael agrees.

Part 1: Why do you think Anna wants to go back to the place where she was born?

Part 2: How do you think Anna believes they will get to this town?

Part 3: Do you think it's realistic for Anna to want to move far away in her condition? Why or why not?

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