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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Davy do to make his father proud on the hunt?
(a) Tracks the elephant.
(b) Kills birds.
(c) Does not complain.
(d) Keeps up with the men.

2. Which story does David rewrite in the last chapter?
(a) The elephant story.
(b) The first one.
(c) The giraffe description.
(d) The Rifle story.

3. What does David do with Marita once he stops writing on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Makes love.
(b) Goes for a drive.
(c) Eats dinner.
(d) Goes swimming.

4. What was the subject of David's first book?
(a) The Revolutionary War.
(b) WWI.
(c) The Spanish American War.
(d) WWII.

5. In what room is David when he wakes up in the last chapter?
(a) The workroom.
(b) Catherine's room.
(c) Marita's room.
(d) His room.

6. How long does it take David to finish his short story?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 4 weeks.

7. What does Davy wish on the first night of the tracking?
(a) He had not come on the hunt.
(b) He had brought his dog.
(c) He had been stronger.
(d) He had never seen the elephant.

8. How does Catherine get keys to David's workroom?
(a) She hires a locksmith.
(b) She finds a spare.
(c) She findsa them in his shorts.
(d) She enters through Marita's room.

9. Why does Catherine say she owns the African stories?
(a) She inspires them.
(b) She edits them.
(c) She pays all the bills.
(d) She asks his permission to have them.

10. Where does David go the minute he gets back from the beach with Catherine and Marita?
(a) His workroom.
(b) The restroom.
(c) Catherine's room.
(d) The bar.

11. What was David's dog's name?
(a) Kibble.
(b) Kibo.
(c) Kyro.
(d) Kujo.

12. What are Marita and Catherine drinking when David finds them and confronts Catherine about showing Marita his manuscript?
(a) Beer.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Champagne.
(d) Absinthe.

13. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are alone and speaking about her?
(a) Searches Marita's room.
(b) Drinks some absinthe.
(c) Reads the new story.
(d) Sees a doctor.

14. What does Marita tell David to comfort him after his stories are burned?
(a) Catherine will come back.
(b) She will help him transcribe the work.
(c) She will never leave him.
(d) He can rewrite the stories.

15. What does Catherine call Marita when they return from celebrating about the elephant story?
(a) The other wife.
(b) Her mistress.
(c) The girl.
(d) David's whore.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does David know more the second time he writes his short stories?

2. Who killed the female elephant years before the bull elephant was spotted?

3. What does David call he and Marita on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

4. What does Davy decide when they reach the female elephant corpse?

5. What is the name of the boy in David's short stories?

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