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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, p. 87-115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) An aged woman.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A young man.
(d) A black farmer.

2. What does the narrator ask Florence about?
(a) If she can clean the homeless person's clothes.
(b) If she wants a puppy.
(c) The troubles in the township.
(d) How her husband is doing.

3. What do new contacts allow the narrator to experience?
(a) The reality of South African inequalities.
(b) The reality of the Berlin wall.
(c) The reality of life in an Empire.
(d) The reality of the Vichy regime.

4. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?
(a) Bach.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Debussy.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?

2. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?

3. Who does the narrator ask for help with her car problems?

4. What does the narrator give the man following his reaction to her comment regarding giving money for nothing?

5. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?

(see the answer key)

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