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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. What does the narrator say about the media?
(a) They do not print the letter she sent them.
(b) They do not cover what happens in the townships.
(c) They only cover reality TV.
(d) They do not cover the last South African gold medalist at the Olympics.

2. What prevents the narrator from going out in the days following her car drive?
(a) A cold.
(b) The weather.
(c) Her car is broken.
(d) The police is staking out the house.

3. What does Mr. Vercueil say he bought?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Fire juice.
(d) Medicine.

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

5. What does Mr. Vercueil do after being beaten?
(a) He goes to the hospital.
(b) He stops drinking.
(c) He leaves.
(d) He sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask her male employee to do over tea and biscuits?

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

3. What does the narrator and her group stop to watch?

4. Who is the narrator of the book?

5. What does the narrator hear while on the ground?

(see the answer key)

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