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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

2. What is the name of the homeless man?

3. Where does Bheki sleep?

4. What type of document introduces the "Age of Iron"?

5. What prevents the narrator from going shopping in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the narrator reveal she is speaking to according to Part One, pg. 3-15?

2. What did Bheki and another teenage boy do?

3. What does the narrator do when her car won't start according to Part One, pg. 15-33?

4. What does the narrator find near her garage?

5. What did the narrator do to ease her pain at the end of Part One, p. 3-15?

6. Why does the narrator say she cannot give him money for nothing?

7. What is the aged woman diagnosed with at the start of Part One, pg. 3-15?

8. Who enters the house at the start of Part Two, pg. 56-86?

9. What does the narrator say about the boy and her teaching?

10. What does the homeless men decline after answering questions about his birthplace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define epistolary novel and discuss how "Age of Iron" is an example.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze why Coetzee chose to write using fiction in "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 3

Examine the impact apartheid had on schools and students in South Africa.

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