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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 the narrator say to the person she finds?
(a) That he cannot stay.
(b) That she will call the police.
(c) That she will house him for work.
(d) That she will find him work.

2. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?
(a) A woman.
(b) A cat.
(c) Two dogs.
(d) A friend of his.

3. What are some men forcing bystanders to do?
(a) Fight.
(b) Watch the fire burn the house.
(c) Join the army.
(d) Give their money.

4. Where is Bheki's friend kept?
(a) In a cell at the local prison.
(b) In the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
(c) In a room full of older men.
(d) In the waiting room of the hospital.

5. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?
(a) The police.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The homeless of Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Vercueil seem to be sleeping off?

2. How long was the housekeeper absent?

3. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do in the letter she writes?

4. What did the narrator tell her daughter during their last conversation?

5. What is the name of the homeless man?

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