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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 do the narrator and her housekeeper do after talking with Mr. Vercueil in the kitchen?
(a) Take the woman and push her out the house.
(b) Take the woman and bring her to the police.
(c) Pack his suitcase and throw it out the window.
(d) Push the woman in the pool.

2. What does the narrator tell the young boy to do?
(a) To turn himself in.
(b) To leave by the back door.
(c) To stay the night.
(d) To go back to school.

3. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?
(a) Debussy.
(b) Beethoven.
(c) Bach.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

4. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?
(a) Because of allergies.
(b) Because of her cancer medication.
(c) Because of her pain.
(d) Because of the beauty of the coast.

5. What job does the narrator offer the man she went to town with?
(a) Fixing a drainage problem.
(b) Cleaning the gutters.
(c) Repairing the second floor lights.
(d) Cleaning the back yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator wonder about her daughter?

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

3. What does the narrator compare aging to?

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

5. Where does Bheki sleep?

(see the answer key)

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