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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 the narrator tell Mr. Vercueil as he enters the kitchen?
(a) To have the woman leave.
(b) To pack and leave.
(c) To give her her money back.
(d) To have the dog sleep outside.

2. 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.

3. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?
(a) Her daughter and Tchaikovsky.
(b) Her sister and her brother.
(c) Bach and Beethoven.
(d) Her daughter and Bach.

4. What road does the narrator want to drive her car down?
(a) Apartheid Avenue.
(b) Parliament Avenue.
(c) Government Avenue.
(d) South Africa Avenue.

5. What does Vercueil propose to the narrator?
(a) To go to the township.
(b) To go for a drive.
(c) To go to the U.S.A.
(d) To go shopping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Vercueil suggest doing after the narrator looks at her watch?

2. What does the narrator try to do while tipsy?

3. Who does the narrator find in her kitchen when she comes down to quiet Vercueil's dog?

4. Why does Vercueil go into the store?

5. What does the narrator wonder about her daughter?

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