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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) Her mother.
(b) The police.
(c) Apartheid.
(d) The homeless of Cape Town.

2. Where does Bheki sleep?
(a) The backyard shed.
(b) The guest bedroom.
(c) The narrator's car.
(d) The pool house.

3. What does Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?
(a) Alzheimer's disease.
(b) Drug withdrawal.
(c) End stage cancer.
(d) Alcohol withdrawal.

4. How much money does the man take from the narrator?
(a) 150 Rands.
(b) 50 Rands.
(c) 20 rands.
(d) Everything she has in her purse.

5. What does the narrator spend the day doing according to page 15?
(a) Spends the day gardening.
(b) Spends the day writing.
(c) Spends the day in bed reading.
(d) Spends the day cleaning the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the housekeeper call Mr. Vercueil?

2. What does the narrator say about charity not being appreciated?

3. What does the narrator ask the man to do after seeing what he purchased?

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

5. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?

(see the answer key)

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