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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, p. 15-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?
(a) Because of allergies.
(b) Because of her pain.
(c) Because of the beauty of the coast.
(d) Because of her cancer medication.

2. Who calls the narrator as she plays music?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) An old friend.
(c) A bystander.
(d) A police officer.

3. What does the narrator think about after the person she found leaves the house?
(a) The homeless of Cape Town.
(b) Apartheid.
(c) The police.
(d) Her mother.

4. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Five years before the events of the book.
(b) Twelve years before the events of the book.
(c) Four years before the events of the book.
(d) Three years before the events of the book.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ethnicity of the narrator?

2. When does the person the narrator met at the start of Part One return?

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

4. What prevents the narrator from going shopping in Part One?

5. Where is the person the narrator finds at the start of Part One?

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