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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, p. 115-147.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Vercueil suggest doing after the narrator looks at her watch?
(a) Go home.
(b) Go drink.
(c) Go dance.
(d) Continue to drive.

2. Why does Vercueil say the narrator should tell her daughter about her cancer?
(a) Because she needs all the support she can get.
(b) Because she could have a visa for the U.S.A.
(c) Because her daughter is married to an oncologist.
(d) Because if her daughter finds out later she would never forgive the narrator.

3. Who does the narrator ask for help with her car problems?
(a) The homeless man.
(b) A mechanic.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) Her daughter.

4. What prevents the narrator from going out in the days following her car drive?
(a) The police is staking out the house.
(b) The weather.
(c) Her car is broken.
(d) A cold.

5. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?
(a) Attack them.
(b) Fine them.
(c) Drink with them.
(d) Arrest them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Vercueil appear to be in Part Three "p.115-147"?

2. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?

3. What does Mr. Vercueil say he bought?

4. What did the narrator's daughter tell her as she was leaving South Africa.

5. What does Florence do after the crash?

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