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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 35-56.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?
(a) Beethoven.
(b) Debussy.
(c) Bach.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

2. What is the ethnicity of the narrator?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Indian.

3. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?
(a) Bheki and another boy.
(b) Bheki and two other white boys.
(c) Florence.
(d) The narrator.

4. What does the narrator give to the person that lives near her house the first evening?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Alcohol.

5. What did the narrator find most troubling after her house was burglarized?
(a) The graffiti left on her sofa.
(b) Stealing her piano.
(c) The vandalism.
(d) The burglars where white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?

2. How long was the housekeeper absent?

3. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?

4. How does the narrator sign the letter she writes to her housekeeper?

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

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