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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, p. 115-147.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vercueil say the narrator should tell her daughter about her cancer?
(a) Because her daughter is married to an oncologist.
(b) Because she needs all the support she can get.
(c) Because she could have a visa for the U.S.A.
(d) Because if her daughter finds out later she would never forgive the narrator.

2. Why does Vercueil go into the store?
(a) To buy cigarettes.
(b) To buy food.
(c) To buy brandy.
(d) To buy whiskey.

3. Where is the man that the narrator brings on her trip to town from?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) South Central.
(c) The Cape.
(d) Kroncity.

4. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?
(a) Bring Bheki to a white doctor.
(b) File a complaint about the police.
(c) Call the mayor's office.
(d) Bring Bheki to the police.

5. What injury does Bheki's friend have following the crash?
(a) Head wound.
(b) Broken arm.
(c) Bruises on his arms and legs.
(d) Cuts on his legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?

2. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?

3. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?

4. What prevents the narrator from going out in the days following her car drive?

5. What does the narrator offer to do for Florence?

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