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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 Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?
(a) End stage cancer.
(b) Drug withdrawal.
(c) Alzheimer's disease.
(d) Alcohol withdrawal.

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

3. What does Mr. Vercueil say he bought?
(a) Fire juice.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Medicine.

4. Where does Bheki sleep?
(a) The narrator's car.
(b) The guest bedroom.
(c) The backyard shed.
(d) The pool house.

5. What does Florence learn thanks to a phone call a few hours after the crash?
(a) That the Soweto township was in full revolt.
(b) That her application at the university was turned down.
(c) That her husband was fired.
(d) Bheki's friend cannot be found in any hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Vercueil seem to be sleeping off?

2. What prevents the narrator from going out in the days following her car drive?

3. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?

4. What does the narrator give the man following his reaction to her comment regarding giving money for nothing?

5. What does the narrator ask the man to do after seeing what he purchased?

(see the answer key)

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