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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. Why does the narrator cry when arriving in town?
(a) Because of her cancer medication.
(b) Because of her pain.
(c) Because of allergies.
(d) Because of the beauty of the coast.

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

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

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

5. Where is the person the narrator finds at the start of Part One?
(a) Near the grocery store.
(b) Near her neighbor's house
(c) Near her pool.
(d) Near her garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What injury does Bheki's friend have following the crash?

2. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?

3. What does the narrator tell the person that lives near her house?

4. Who does the narrator want to bring with Florence and her?

5. When was the narrator's house burglarized?

(see the answer key)

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