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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 Vercueil go into the store?
(a) To buy whiskey.
(b) To buy cigarettes.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To buy brandy.

2. What disease is the narrator diagnosed with?
(a) Alzheimer's.
(b) A heart condition.
(c) Terminal cancer.
(d) Lupus.

3. Why isn't Bheki in school?
(a) Because he thinks he can have a college scholarship because of basketball.
(b) Because he is a genius that don't need to study.
(c) Because he thinks the school was created to make him fit in the apartheid system.
(d) Because he wants to join the army.

4. What does the housekeeper call Mr. Vercueil?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Rubbish.
(c) A man.
(d) Garbage.

5. Where is the narrator put after she tells the one trying to get her out of her house that she has cancer?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On her bed.
(c) On the couch.
(d) In her study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?

2. What does the narrator give the man following his reaction to her comment regarding giving money for nothing?

3. What does one of Bheki's friends bring to the narrator's home?

4. What does the narrator think about after Vercueil left her alone?

5. What does the narrator think about while being driven home?

(see the answer key)

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