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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 is worth a fortune to the boy and his father in Africa?
(a) Oil reserves.
(b) Water tanks.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Elephant tusks.

2. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?
(a) Africa.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) England.
(d) Australia.

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

4. Who makes David a meal in Chapter 20?
(a) Nina.
(b) Marita.
(c) Madame.
(d) Catherine.

5. Where does Catherine say she will find an artist for the long narrative?
(a) London.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does David wake up in the last chapter?

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

3. Who tells David that Catherine has left for Paris?

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

5. Where do David and Marita go when they are alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

2. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

3. What is different when David wakes up in the last chapter?

4. What does Davy do on the hunt that makes his father proud of him?

5. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are swimming alone in the cove after David's first short story has been completed?

6. What does Marita try to do for David after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

7. What does Catherine ask David to do after he writes the part about Davy on the hunt, and what is his response?

8. What is the subject of David's second short story?

9. What does Madame tell David after his short stories have been destroyed?

10. Where does David meet Catherine and Marita in Chapter 23, and how do they look when he gets there?

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