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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. What does Mr. Vercueil do the morning of Part Three "p.115-147"?
(a) Follow the narrator around.
(b) Write a letter.
(c) Play with his dog.
(d) Sleep.

2. What does Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?
(a) Alcohol withdrawal.
(b) End stage cancer.
(c) Drug withdrawal.
(d) Alzheimer's disease.

3. How much money does the man take from the narrator?
(a) 20 rands.
(b) 50 Rands.
(c) 150 Rands.
(d) Everything she has in her purse.

4. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?
(a) She is sought by police.
(b) She does not want to be involved with the police.
(c) Her son could be fined.
(d) She does not have insurance.

5. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?
(a) Her daughter and Tchaikovsky.
(b) Her daughter and Bach.
(c) Bach and Beethoven.
(d) Her sister and her brother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the narrator's house burglarized?

3. What does the narrator feel towards the boy?

4. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?

5. What did the narrator's daughter tell her as she was leaving South Africa.

(see the answer key)

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