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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the best descriptor for the character, Dr. Elf?
(a) Cynical.
(b) Defiant.
(c) Comical.
(d) Sarcastic.

2. With which of the following literary devices does Chapter 2 open?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Flashback.

3. How does Frank describe Laurence to others?
(a) As a friend.
(b) As a companion.
(c) As his roommate.
(d) As a colleague.

4. Why does Frank leave the house?
(a) He hears Laurence calling to him.
(b) He sees it has already been ransacked.
(c) He feels an evil presence in it.
(d) He hears others coming toward the house.

5. What wakes Laurence and Frank up at night after they return to their room from their hike?
(a) Maria calling for Frank.
(b) The Santanders fighting.
(c) The sounds of violence outside of the hospital.
(d) Dr. Ngema asking for help with a patient.

6. What question did the Commandant ask Frank about the prisoner?
(a) Should he be taken to a hospital?
(b) How could they make him confess?
(c) How much more could he take?
(d) Was he already dead?

7. What does Laurence comment to Frank he wishes he had done previously?
(a) Been in the army.
(b) Earned enough money to support the hospital.
(c) Studied harder in medical school.
(d) Worked in a different hospital.

8. What angers Frank about the place Laurence has chosen to hike to?
(a) It is the most inaccessible village.
(b) It has a militia that does not allow outsiders to enter the village.
(c) It is too far away from where they started.
(d) It is a place that is dangerous with many military officials.

9. Which word best describes how Laurence treats every patient he sees?
(a) Needlessly.
(b) Seriously.
(c) Lightly.
(d) Compassionately.

10. What happened to Laurence's parents?
(a) They were doing missionary work in Sudan.
(b) They were killed when he was a baby.
(c) They disowned him when he chose to become a doctor.
(d) They abandoned him and his sister.

11. What topic does Frank try to talk to Laurence about, but Laurence shows no interest in?
(a) Politics.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Racial Issues.
(d) Women.

12. How does Frank feel about Laurence's idea about the village?
(a) He supports the idea.
(b) He doesn't approve of the idea.
(c) He thinks it is crazy.
(d) He doesn't understand Laurence at all.

13. What job does Frank tell Maria he holds?
(a) Senator.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Lawyer.

14. Which of the following terms best describes what happened to the hospital when furniture was stolen and the sinks were pulled from the walls?
(a) Burned.
(b) Lost.
(c) Plundered.
(d) Destroyed.

15. Why was Dr. Waters coming to the hospital?
(a) To complete a year of community service.
(b) To make judgments as to the effectiveness of the hospital.
(c) To take over the administration.
(d) To reform the procedures at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Laurence invite Frank to go with him?

2. How did the bureaucrats describe the hospital?

3. Where were the Santanders before they came to the hospital?

4. Who is Colonel Moller?

5. What question does Laurence continually avoid?

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