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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 does Dick keep locked?
(a) His gun cabinet.
(b) Samson's leg cuffs.
(c) The door to the bedroom.
(d) The food bins.

2. Where is "Home" for Mary, even though she has never been there?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) America.

3. What does Tony say in the car after leaving the house?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That Charlie has something to do with the murder.
(c) Something about responsibility.
(d) That he will not shut up.

4. Who are the Afrikaners?
(a) Militants.
(b) Poor whites.
(c) The South African government.
(d) Blacks.

5. Who knows more about the Turners than anyone else?
(a) Sergeant Denhem.
(b) Charlie Slatter.
(c) Moses.
(d) Samson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary notice in the newspaper?

2. How does Mary react to sex with her husband?

3. What is the South African equivalent to the word "class?"

4. Who discovered the body?

5. What does Mary wish Dick would install in the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scenery surrounding the farm.

2. How does Mary's financial situation change after getting married?

3. Describe the the Slatters' visit to the Turner farm.

4. What type of store does Dick build on the farm? What does Mary think about it?

5. Describe the state of Dick and Mary's romantic relationship.

6. How does Mary react to the first new servant?

7. How does Mary's perspective on her new life change?

8. How does Mary treat Samson?

9. What does Mary think influenced her decision to get married?

10. Why is it strange that no one discusses the murder?

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