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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, p. 56-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator tell Mr. Vercueil as he enters the kitchen?
(a) To pack and leave.
(b) To give her her money back.
(c) To have the dog sleep outside.
(d) To have the woman leave.

3. How long was the housekeeper absent?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 1 month.

4. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Sullen.
(d) On edge.

5. Who are the only two people the narrator say she would speak to on the phone?
(a) Bach and Beethoven.
(b) Her sister and her brother.
(c) Her daughter and Bach.
(d) Her daughter and Tchaikovsky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the housekeeper's husband work?

3. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?

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

5. How much money does the man take from the narrator?

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