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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marita ask David to do when they are alone and speaking about Catherine?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Leave Catherine.
(d) Dive next to her.

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

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

4. How does Catherine travel to Paris?
(a) By bus.
(b) By train.
(c) By bike.
(d) By boat.

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

6. What does David love most about writing his African stories?
(a) He is expressing deep thoughts.
(b) He is in control.
(c) He is revisiting his father.
(d) He is escaping Catherine.

7. About what does David dream after finishing his short story?
(a) Drinking absinthe.
(b) Marrying Marita.
(c) Catherine's dying.
(d) Africa.

8. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?
(a) If David is worth the trouble.
(b) If she can love a man.
(c) If she should follow Catherine.
(d) If she will be a good wife.

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

10. Who convinces David to dismiss his threat after confronting Catherine about showing Marita the manuscript?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Marita.
(c) His publisher.
(d) Davy.

11. What does Marita think of the elephant story when she reads it?
(a) She is confused by it.
(b) She is frightened by it.
(c) She loves it.
(d) She hates it.

12. How does David feel when he finishes the elephant story?
(a) Fulfilled and exhausted.
(b) Confused and disoriented.
(c) Empty and Proud.
(d) Happy and relieved.

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

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

15. How does David describe his father's personal life?
(a) Disastrous.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Calm.
(d) Erratic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do David and Marita make love for the first time?

2. Where is Marita when David finds her in Chapter 16?

3. What is David doing when Catherine and Marita return in Chapter 17?

4. How old is Davy when he tracks the elephant?

5. On what kind of terrain is the bull elephant found?

(see the answer keys)

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