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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 56-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?
(a) A bystander.
(b) A police officer.
(c) An old friend.
(d) A neighbor.

2. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Twelve years before the events of the book.
(b) Three years before the events of the book.
(c) Five years before the events of the book.
(d) Four years before the events of the book.

3. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?
(a) Concerned neighbors.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The police.
(d) Florence.

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

5. What does the person helping the narrator say she could do with the extra room in her house?
(a) Rent to recently released prisoners.
(b) Create a bed and breakfast.
(c) Take a second mortgage.
(d) Rent to students.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the man's reaction to the narrator's comment about giving money for nothing?

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

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

5. What does the narrator say about the media?

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