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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. Why isn't Bheki in school?
(a) Because he thinks he can have a college scholarship because of basketball.
(b) Because he is a genius that don't need to study.
(c) Because he thinks the school was created to make him fit in the apartheid system.
(d) Because he wants to join the army.

2. How does Mr. Vercueil appear to be in Part Three "p.115-147"?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Tame.
(d) Excitable.

3. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?
(a) Late morning.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Midnight.

4. What does the narrator wonder about her daughter?
(a) If she should have prevented her daughter from leaving.
(b) If she should have followed her to the United States.
(c) If she should have remarried.
(d) If she should have turned Bheki over to the police.

5. What does the narrator want to do after looking at her watch?
(a) Go for a swim.
(b) Go home.
(c) Go dance.
(d) Go drink.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare aging to?

2. What does the narrator tell the young boy to do?

3. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?

4. What was the narrator's profession before retiring?

5. What does the narrator think about after Vercueil left her alone?

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