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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. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?
(a) On the couch.
(b) On the front porch.
(c) On the guest bed.
(d) On the kitchen floor.

2. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?
(a) That the dog is hers.
(b) That the vagrant is in fact her employee.
(c) That the homeless man owns the dog.
(d) That the pool house heats the pool.

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

4. Where is Bheki's friend kept?
(a) In the waiting room of the hospital.
(b) In the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
(c) In a room full of older men.
(d) In a cell at the local prison.

5. Who is the narrator of the book?
(a) An aged woman.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A black farmer.
(d) A young man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do in the letter she writes?

2. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?

3. What was the narrator's profession before retiring?

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

5. What is Mr. Vercueil doing in the back yard that the housekeeper's daughters watch?

(see the answer key)

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