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

2. What does Mr. Vercueil do after being beaten?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He leaves.
(c) He stops drinking.
(d) He goes to the hospital.

3. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?
(a) Drink.
(b) Pay his debts.
(c) Pay for his gambling habit.
(d) Study.

4. What are the police doing as the narrator looks outside her window?
(a) Drawing their guns.
(b) Arresting a black woman.
(c) Following Bheki on his bike.
(d) Parking their car.

5. What does one of Bheki's friends bring to the narrator's home?
(a) A gun.
(b) A political pamphlet.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A video cassette.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the narrator's husband in Part One?

3. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?

4. What does Florence learn thanks to a phone call a few hours after the crash?

5. What does the narrator ask Florence about?

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