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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Vercueil go into the store?
(a) To buy brandy.
(b) To buy cigarettes.
(c) To buy whiskey.
(d) To buy food.

2. What does the narrator wear as she walks down the street?
(a) A dress.
(b) A long robe.
(c) Her nightgown and a blanket.
(d) A shirt and flannel pants.

3. What does the narrator feel towards the boy?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Love.
(c) Hate.
(d) Frustration.

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

5. What is the narrator impressed about?
(a) Mr. Thabane's manhood.
(b) Mr. Thabane's attire.
(c) Mr. Thabane's speech.
(d) Mr. Thabane's sense of spectacle.

6. What does Mr. Vercueil say he bought?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Fire juice.
(d) Alcohol.

7. What does the narrator want to do after looking at her watch?
(a) Go drink.
(b) Go home.
(c) Go for a swim.
(d) Go dance.

8. What does Florence learn late at night in Part Three?
(a) Bheki is in trouble.
(b) Lawyers are expensive.
(c) Her insurance does not cover bullet wounds.
(d) Her husband was arrested.

9. What does the narrator tell the inspector investigating the shooting?
(a) That she didn't remember anything.
(b) That the pistol was hers.
(c) That the pistol was her maid's.
(d) That she never saw the pistol before.

10. Who gives the narrator little help after the narrator tries to take her car home?
(a) The white township guards.
(b) The township inhabitants.
(c) The military.
(d) The police.

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

12. Why does Florence's cousin give the narrator a jacket to put over her head?
(a) To hide that she is white.
(b) To hide from those she wronged.
(c) To protect her from the rain.
(d) To hide that she is wealthy.

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

14. What does Florence tell the narrator?
(a) To make sure her windows are closed.
(b) To take her gun.
(c) To stop for cigarette.
(d) Not to stop the car for any reason.

15. Who is with the narrator as she drives to the township?
(a) Florence and her two daughters.
(b) The dog.
(c) Her lawyer.
(d) Vercueil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think of Vercueil's cooking?

2. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to do when she hears the national anthem?

3. What does the narrator say about John?

4. What was Mr. Thabane's profession?

5. What is the narrator's name?

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