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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. What does Florence learn thanks to a phone call a few hours after the crash?
(a) Bheki's friend cannot be found in any hospital.
(b) That her application at the university was turned down.
(c) That her husband was fired.
(d) That the Soweto township was in full revolt.

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

3. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) A homeless woman.
(c) Her sister.
(d) A homeless man.

4. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?
(a) That the vagrant is in fact her employee.
(b) That the dog is hers.
(c) That the pool house heats the pool.
(d) That the homeless man owns the dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?

4. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?

5. Why do the youth of the township do?

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