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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. Where is the narrator's husband in Part One?
(a) Dead.
(b) On a boat.
(c) In jail.
(d) With another woman.

2. 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 husband was fired.
(c) Bheki's friend cannot be found in any hospital.
(d) That her application at the university was turned down.

3. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?
(a) He forgot his car.
(b) He left his belongings.
(c) He dug himself a hole.
(d) He left his dog.

4. What does the narrator say to the person she finds?
(a) That she will find him work.
(b) That she will house him for work.
(c) That she will call the police.
(d) That he cannot stay.

5. Who does the narrator and her group meet on the way back to the car?
(a) Florence's husband.
(b) Bheki.
(c) A friend of Bheki.
(d) Florence's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Bheki in school?

2. What do Bheki and his friend crash into?

3. Why does Vercueil say the narrator should tell her daughter about her cancer?

4. What excuse does the narrator give to the police officer to justify her presence there?

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

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