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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the inspector investigating the shooting?
(a) That the pistol was hers.
(b) That the pistol was her maid's.
(c) That she never saw the pistol before.
(d) That she didn't remember anything.

2. Who does the narrator ask for help with her car problems?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) The homeless man.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) The neighbor.

3. What does Mr. Vercueil do after being beaten?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He leaves.
(c) He stops drinking.
(d) He goes to the hospital.

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

5. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?
(a) The pool house is on fire.
(b) A homeless man is exposing himself.
(c) A dog is loose on her property.
(d) A vagrant on her property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Florence tell the narrator?

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

3. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to do to help with the pain?

4. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to fix?

5. Who gives the narrator little help after the narrator tries to take her car home?

(see the answer key)

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