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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. 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 she does not have cash.
(d) Because it is a bad precedent.

2. What was Mr. Thabane's profession?
(a) He was a political leader.
(b) He was a teacher.
(c) He was a dock worker.
(d) He was a shoe seller.

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

4. What does the narrator wear as she walks down the street?
(a) A dress.
(b) Her nightgown and a blanket.
(c) A long robe.
(d) A shirt and flannel pants.

5. What does the narrator ask the man to do after seeing what he purchased?
(a) To return the unspent money to her.
(b) To give the unspent money to a charity.
(c) To keep the unspent money.
(d) To return what he purchased.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the narrator tell her daughter during their last conversation?

2. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

3. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?

4. Who does the narrator try to wake up?

5. Why isn't Bheki in school?

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