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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 confuses Laurence about the hospital office?

2. How does Laurence feel about looting?

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

4. How does the evening between Zanele and Frank end?

5. How had the hospital begun?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Frank's opinion about the steps Laurence is taking to protect the items at the hospital from looting and how does Laurence respond?

4. Why did Laurence want to hike to this particular village?

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

6. How does Frank feel when he learns more details about the relationship between Mama and Frank?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think that Tehogo is a symbol of in this story? What about Laurence? In what way do you think the author utilizes symbolism in this story?

Essay Topic 2

How would you characterize Laurence's morality? How does this compare to Frank's morality? Is there a right and wrong when it comes to morality? Why do you feel that way?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does this story represent the fact that idealism is a poor way to believe? Do you agree that idealism is a poor way to believe? Why or why not?

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