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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. Where does Vercueil bring the narrator?
(a) To scenic spots.
(b) To the township.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To the airport.

2. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?
(a) Drink.
(b) Pay his debts.
(c) Study.
(d) Pay for his gambling habit.

3. What does the narrator say to the housekeeper that one day will hurt everybody?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Love.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Hate.

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

5. What does the narrator and her group stop to watch?
(a) A beating.
(b) A fire.
(c) A knife fight.
(d) A bomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

2. What was Mr. Thabane's profession?

3. What do the narrator and her housekeeper do after talking with Mr. Vercueil in the kitchen?

4. What does Florence do with Bheki after the crash?

5. What road does the narrator want to drive her car down?

(see the answer key)

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