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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator try to do?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Call Mr. Vercueil.
(c) Call Mr. Thabane.
(d) Call Florence.

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

3. What happens late at night in Part Three?
(a) Florence receives a phone call.
(b) Florence is wounded in a shootout.
(c) Florence leaves for Zimbabwe.
(d) Florence is arrested.

4. What does the narrator's medications cause?
(a) Incontinence.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Drowsiness.
(d) Blackouts.

5. What does the narrator hear while on the ground?
(a) People calling for the killing of all whites.
(b) People trying to find an unidentified white woman.
(c) People plotting a bank heist.
(d) Gunfire.

6. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to do when she hears the national anthem?
(a) To change channels.
(b) To turn the TV off.
(c) To mute the sound.
(d) To dance.

7. How does Mr. Vercueil appear to be in Part Three "p.115-147"?
(a) Drunk.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Tame.
(d) Excitable.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Mrs. Cress.
(b) Mrs. Crosh.
(c) Mrs. Curren.
(d) Mrs. Cam.

14. What does the narrator say she is afraid of?
(a) Hearing the national anthem for eternity.
(b) The dog biting her.
(c) Dying.
(d) Seeing Vercueil in her dreams.

15. What does the narrator tell the young boy to do?
(a) To leave by the back door.
(b) To stay the night.
(c) To go back to school.
(d) To turn himself in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator think about after Vercueil left her alone?

2. What does the police tell the narrator?

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

4. Where is John sitting on Page 147?

5. How does the narrator sign one of the letters where she talks about Vercueil?

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