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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, p. 87-115.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator think of doing with her cats after her death?
(a) Give them to the homeless man.
(b) Give them to a hospital.
(c) Have them put down.
(d) Give them to her sister.

2. What does one of Bheki's friends bring to the narrator's home?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A video cassette.
(c) A gun.
(d) A political pamphlet.

3. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?
(a) Because it fosters laziness.
(b) Because he does not deserve it.
(c) Because it is a bad precedent.
(d) Because she does not have cash.

4. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) An old friend.
(c) A bystander.
(d) A police officer.

5. What is the name of the housekeeper's son?
(a) John.
(b) Bheki.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bheki and his friend crash into?

2. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?

3. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?

4. Where does the housekeeper's husband work?

5. Where does Bheki sleep?

(see the answer key)

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