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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Styles interpret the speech given by the car manufacturer owner?
(a) In a nervous manner.
(b) He twisted the words to make fun of the owner and the plant.
(c) He acted as though he couldn't understand the owner.
(d) Very accurately.

2. What job did Styles' father hold?
(a) He was a pilot for the UK.
(b) He was a ship captain for Germany.
(c) He was a pilot for South Africa.
(d) He was a soldier for South Africa.

3. What is the name of the man with whom Styles first interacts?
(a) Zweli.
(b) Ron.
(c) Robert.
(d) Eddie.

4. What family member does Styles reminisce about at the end of Part 1?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His father.
(c) His baby sister.
(d) His mother.

5. How does Zwelinzima explain the series of happenings that apparently gave him only three days to leave his dwelling?
(a) The stories seem to be lies.
(b) Each story intertwines deeply into the next.
(c) It is basically unexplained.
(d) The stories do not make sense.

6. When Styles gives the pictures back to the family member, what does the family member begin to do?
(a) Reminisce about life in the family.
(b) Complain about the quality of the picture.
(c) Leave without paying.
(d) Cry about the passed grandfather in the picture.

7. Zwelinzima explains that he was introduced to another friend through his house owner, named...
(a) Buntu.
(b) Ballou.
(c) Guntu.
(d) Maloo.

8. What type of speech did the car manufacturer owner want to give to the employees?
(a) An educational speech.
(b) An inspirational speech.
(c) A quick speech.
(d) An endearing speech.

9. What does the owner of the car manufacturing plant call himself in his speech to the plant workers?
(a) A visionary.
(b) A bloody fool.
(c) A learned man.
(d) A wise man.

10. What character is Buntu played by?
(a) A white child.
(b) A black child.
(c) A woman.
(d) The same character as Styles.

11. Who recommended an alternative way to catch the cockroaches to Styles?
(a) His mother.
(b) A customer.
(c) His father.
(d) A friend.

12. To whom does Zwelinzima want to send his photograph?
(a) His son.
(b) His wife.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His grandfather.

13. How did the owner of Styles' car manufacturing company first arrive at the organization for his speech?
(a) In a Nissan car.
(b) By helicopter.
(c) By private jet.
(d) By limousine.

14. In what country is this story set?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) South Africa.
(d) China.

15. Which adjective best describes the man who Styles first lets into his shop?
(a) Austere.
(b) Happy.
(c) Decrepit.
(d) Nervous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Buntu allow Zwelinzima to do?

2. What memento does Styles have left of his father?

3. What type of picture does Styles aim to provide for Zwelinzima?

4. According to Styles, convincing his customers to take pictures in a way that is different than they prefer is...

5. What did the owner of the house do to help the narrator of the letter while he was supposedly living there?

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