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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator try to wake up?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her lawyer.
(c) Mr. Vercueil.
(d) The dog.

2. What does the narrator and her group stop to watch?
(a) A fire.
(b) A knife fight.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A beating.

3. What is the name of Florence's cousin?
(a) Mr. Thabane.
(b) Mr. Tima.
(c) Mr. Amassa.
(d) Mr. Bwena.

4. What does the narrator think is insane?
(a) The form of comradeship the boys have.
(b) The way young people can find guns.
(c) The police powers.
(d) The South African education system.

5. What does the narrator wonder about her daughter?
(a) If she should have followed her to the United States.
(b) If she should have remarried.
(c) If she should have turned Bheki over to the police.
(d) If she should have prevented her daughter from leaving.

6. What are some men forcing bystanders to do?
(a) Fight.
(b) Join the army.
(c) Give their money.
(d) Watch the fire burn the house.

7. Who does the narrator and her group meet on the way back to the car?
(a) Florence's sister.
(b) Bheki.
(c) Florence's husband.
(d) A friend of Bheki.

8. What excuse does the narrator give to the police officer to justify her presence there?
(a) She is the mayor.
(b) She is chief of police.
(c) She is driving her employee back home.
(d) She is a lawyer.

9. What did the narrator's daughter tell her as she was leaving South Africa.
(a) That she would return every year.
(b) That she would send her money to bring her to the U.S.
(c) That she never want to see her again.
(d) That she would never return.

10. What does the John do when he sees the narrator?
(a) He closes the door.
(b) He shoots at her.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He hides something under the sheets.

11. What does the narrator say about John?
(a) He has suicide thoughts.
(b) He wants to kill police officers.
(c) She thinks people are after him.
(d) She thinks he has a gun.

12. What is the narrator doing when the boy startles her?
(a) She is writing.
(b) She is reading.
(c) She is cooking.
(d) She is taking her medication.

13. Where does the police stop the narrator's car?
(a) On the side of the road.
(b) At a gas station.
(c) At a light.
(d) At a road block.

14. What road does the narrator want to drive her car down?
(a) Parliament Avenue.
(b) Government Avenue.
(c) South Africa Avenue.
(d) Apartheid Avenue.

15. What does Mr. Vercueil do the morning of Part Three "p.115-147"?
(a) Follow the narrator around.
(b) Write a letter.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Play with his dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator reach on the phone?

2. What does the narrator try to do?

3. What does Vercueil do while the national anthem plays on the TV?

4. What does the narrator tell Mr. Vercueil?

5. Who picks the narrator up after she wakes up?

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