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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator wear as she walks down the street?
(a) A shirt and flannel pants.
(b) Her nightgown and a blanket.
(c) A long robe.
(d) A dress.

2. What does Vercueil do instead of what the narrator asked?
(a) He cleans the pool himself.
(b) He goes and gets the dog.
(c) He brings the TV in the bedroom.
(d) He brings the radio in the bathroom.

3. What excuse does the narrator give to the police officer to justify her presence there?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is the mayor.
(c) She is chief of police.
(d) She is driving her employee back home.

4. Who does the narrator reach on the phone?
(a) Florence's mother.
(b) Florence.
(c) Mr. Thabane.
(d) A police officer.

5. Where does the narrator stop to rest?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) On a park bench.
(c) In an alley.
(d) Under a newspaper booth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator and her group meet on the way back to the car?

2. What does the narrator say to the young man her and her group meet as she rejects his request?

3. What does the narrator think about after Vercueil left her alone?

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

5. What does Vercueil propose to the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What directions does Florence give to the narrator when they arrive in the township area at the start of Part Three, pg. 87-115?

2. What happens the morning the doorbell rings repeatedly?

3. What seems to ease Mrs. Curren's pain?

4. Why does Mr. Thabane advise the narrator to put a jacket over her head?

5. What does the narrator think about when sitting in the car alone?

6. What does Mr. Vercueil say of the bottle in the paper bag?

7. Why does Mrs. Curren call Dr. Syfret?

8. What horrific scene do they encounter when they walk?

9. What is the narrator told when she asks who is responsible?

10. What does John ask money for?

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