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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dick buy in preparation for Mary's arrival at the farm?
(a) A cake.
(b) A mirror.
(c) Balloons.
(d) A bed.

2. How many miles does Slatter live from the Turners?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two and a half.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

3. What word best describes Dick Turner's financial situation?
(a) Modest.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Improving.
(d) Poverty.

4. What does Mary order the boy to clean?
(a) The floors.
(b) Himself.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bath.

5. What time does Dick usually go to bed?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven-thirty.
(d) Eight.

6. Who confesses to the crime?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Moses.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Luke.

7. To what does Mary tell herself she is getting close?
(a) Happiness.
(b) The breaking point.
(c) Nature.
(d) Her roots.

8. With what type of job does Tony end up?
(a) Farming.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) Gold mining.
(d) Diamond selling.

9. What does Samson do better than Mary?
(a) Sing.
(b) Clean.
(c) Deocorate.
(d) Cook.

10. What changes Mary's attitude towards her life?
(a) She learns that she was adopted.
(b) She overhears her friends talking about how she will never get married.
(c) She meets a man and falls instantly in love.
(d) She wakes up one day and realizes that she is miserable.

11. Who drives Mary to the station?
(a) Dick.
(b) Charlie.
(c) One of the natives.
(d) Tony Marston.

12. Of what was Mary doomed to be the subject?
(a) Scrutiny.
(b) Ridicule.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Bad jokes.

13. What did Charlie once do in a fit of rage?
(a) Slap one of his children.
(b) Break a sjambok over his knee.
(c) Kill a native.
(d) Beat his wife.

14. How does Mary punish Samson for stealing?
(a) She screams at him for an hour.
(b) She beats him with a sjambok.
(c) She docks his wages.
(d) She fires him.

15. What can't Mary pay?
(a) Her hotel bill.
(b) The cost of her train ticket.
(c) The lawyer's fees to divorce Dick.
(d) The bill at the restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will it rain?

2. At what time do Mary and Dick reach the farm?

3. Who is found murdered?

4. Why did Charlie come to Africa?

5. About what does Mary pick up a pamphlet?

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