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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three, p. 115-147.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil at the start of Part Two?
(a) Drunk on the couch.
(b) In his car.
(c) Passed out on the kitchen floor.
(d) In the rain.

2. How long was the housekeeper absent?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 2 months.

3. What happens to the narrator's car in Page 16?
(a) It refuses to start.
(b) The engine backfires.
(c) The engine starts on fire.
(d) It gets a flat tire.

4. What does the narrator ask Florence about?
(a) If she wants a puppy.
(b) The troubles in the township.
(c) How her husband is doing.
(d) If she can clean the homeless person's clothes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the housekeeper's son?

2. What does Mr. Vercueil do with the keys of the car?

3. What does Florence learn late at night in Part Three?

4. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?

5. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

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