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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 Florence's cousin give the narrator a jacket to put over her head?
(a) To hide that she is wealthy.
(b) To protect her from the rain.
(c) To hide that she is white.
(d) To hide from those she wronged.

2. 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) Her sister and her brother.
(d) Bach and Beethoven.

3. What did the narrator tell her daughter during their last conversation?
(a) That she was well.
(b) That she had a man in her life.
(c) That she had cancer.
(d) That she was coming to the U.S.A.

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

5. What does Florence do after the crash?
(a) Call the local chapter of the black panthers.
(b) Call the hospital where Bheki's friend was sent to.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Call the parents of Bheki's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the housekeeper call Mr. Vercueil?

2. What excuse does the narrator give to the police officer to justify her presence there?

3. What does the young man the narrator and her group meet want?

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

5. What do new contacts allow the narrator to experience?

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