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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, p. 147-176.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) A young man.
(b) A black farmer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) An aged woman.

2. What does the narrator see the police do?
(a) Hit Bheki's bike with their door.
(b) Run over a possum.
(c) Shoot a black man.
(d) Arrest Bheki.

3. What does Florence learn late at night in Part Three?
(a) Her husband was arrested.
(b) Bheki is in trouble.
(c) Lawyers are expensive.
(d) Her insurance does not cover bullet wounds.

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

5. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) Sullen.
(b) On edge.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator refuse to do?

2. How does the housekeeper feel about the beating of Mr. Vercueil?

3. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?

4. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?

5. What does the narrator tell the inspector investigating the shooting?

(see the answer key)

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