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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 while tipsy?
(a) Kiss Mr. Vercueil.
(b) Throw the bottle out of the car.
(c) Drive.
(d) Go for a swim.

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

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

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

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

6. What does the young man the narrator and her group meet want?
(a) To use the narrator's gun.
(b) Money.
(c) Help finding his mother.
(d) To use the narrator's car.

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

8. What is the boy's name?
(a) Mark.
(b) Jack.
(c) Eko.
(d) John.

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

10. What does the narrator think of Vercueil's cooking?
(a) It is too salty.
(b) It is terrible.
(c) It is good.
(d) It is always the same thing.

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

12. What is Vercueil curious about?
(a) Why she chose him.
(b) What her daughter's name is.
(c) How much money the narrator will leave him.
(d) What subjects the narrator taught.

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

14. What does Vercueil do instead of what the narrator asked?
(a) He brings the radio in the bathroom.
(b) He brings the TV in the bedroom.
(c) He cleans the pool himself.
(d) He goes and gets the dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens late at night in Part Three?

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

3. What does the narrator compare aging to?

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

5. How was Florence dressed in the narrator's dream?

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