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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 hope her daughter will do after the letters stop?
(a) Help fight apartheid.
(b) Give the house to Vercueil.
(c) Think kindly of Mr Vercueil.
(d) Give Vercueil some money.

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

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

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

5. What is Mr. Thabane's current profession?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a dock worker.
(c) He is a steel worker.
(d) He sells shoes.

6. What does the narrator see being taken in an ambulance?
(a) John's body.
(b) Mr. Vercueil's body.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A negotiator's body.

7. Who is the narrator's physician?
(a) Dr. Swatt.
(b) Dr. Cobb.
(c) Dr. Hoom.
(d) Dr. Syfret.

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

9. How does the narrator sign one of the letters where she talks about Vercueil?
(a) Mrs. C.
(b) Mrs. B.
(c) Mrs. H.
(d) Mrs. V.

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

11. 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.

12. How long does it take for the pharmacy to deliver the narrator's new medication?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

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

14. What does Vercueil propose to the narrator?
(a) To go shopping.
(b) To go to the U.S.A.
(c) To go to the township.
(d) To go for a drive.

15. What does Mr. Vercueil suggest doing after the narrator looks at her watch?
(a) Go dance.
(b) Go home.
(c) Go drink.
(d) Continue to drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want to do after looking at her watch?

2. What does Florence tell the narrator?

3. What does Mr. Vercueil do the morning of Part Three "p.115-147"?

4. What excuse does the narrator give to the police officer to justify her presence there?

5. What is the narrator doing when the boy startles her?

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