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

2. Why does Vercueil say the narrator should tell her daughter about her cancer?
(a) Because if her daughter finds out later she would never forgive the narrator.
(b) Because she needs all the support she can get.
(c) Because her daughter is married to an oncologist.
(d) Because she could have a visa for the U.S.A.

3. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?
(a) File a complaint about the police.
(b) Call the mayor's office.
(c) Bring Bheki to a white doctor.
(d) Bring Bheki to the police.

4. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?
(a) With respect.
(b) Softly.
(c) Loudly.
(d) In a condescending manner.

5. How does the housekeeper feel about the beating of Mr. Vercueil?
(a) She is proud of it.
(b) She wishes to have done it herself.
(c) She condemns it.
(d) She can understand it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?

2. What does the narrator say about the media?

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

4. Who is the narrator of the book?

5. What are the police doing as the narrator looks outside her window?

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