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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. What does Frank find on his own walk after Laurence leaves to find the village?
(a) He finds a clear pool of water.
(b) He finds an abandoned house.
(c) He finds a group of militia heading for the town.
(d) He finds the village Laurence is looking for.

2. What does Frank admit to Maria about Laurence?
(a) He is crazy.
(b) He wishes Laurence had never come.
(c) Dr. Ngema is trying to get him fired.
(d) They are friends.

3. Why do the people hate the hospital where Frank and Laurence work?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It lacks up-to-date technology.
(c) The puppet dictator had lived there.
(d) Because the doctors do not listen to them.

4. Which word best describes how Laurence treats every patient he sees?
(a) Seriously.
(b) Compassionately.
(c) Needlessly.
(d) Lightly.

5. Which of the following is not an accurate first impression that Frank had about Laurence?
(a) He looks too young.
(b) He looks lost and bewidered.
(c) He won't last.
(d) He did not have enough knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Tehogo's family?

2. What has Frank started doing again with his nights?

3. Who is the Brigadier?

4. Which of the following is the best description of breakfast?

5. What question did the Commandant ask Frank about the prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Brigadier and and what are some of the rumors about him?

2. What does Frank keep from Laurence and how does he react to it?

3. What did Laurence insist was the real reason that Frank became a doctor?

4. What was the real reason Laurence was never able to find his parents' grave?

5. How is Frank physically and emotionally at the end of Chapter 1?

6. What does Laurence invite Frank to do and how does he prepare?

7. How does Ngema respond to Laurence and how does this affect Laurence?

8. What is one thing Laurence does to help to improve the appearance of the grounds of the hospital?

9. How did Frank respond to the fact that Laurence rearranged the furniture in their room without asking him?

10. What does Frank understand about the reason that Ngema says it is inappropriate for Frank to share rooms with Tehogo?

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