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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, p. 15-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator spend the day doing according to page 15?
(a) Spends the day in bed reading.
(b) Spends the day cleaning the house.
(c) Spends the day gardening.
(d) Spends the day writing.

2. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?
(a) Softly.
(b) Loudly.
(c) In a condescending manner.
(d) With respect.

3. What does the narrator write about?
(a) The Afghan war.
(b) The space race.
(c) The Berlin wall.
(d) Apartheid.

4. How much money does the man take from the narrator?
(a) Everything she has in her purse.
(b) 150 Rands.
(c) 20 rands.
(d) 50 Rands.

5. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say to the person she finds?

3. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?

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

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

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