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

2. Where is John sitting on Page 147?
(a) On the kitchen floor.
(b) On the front porch.
(c) On Florence's bed.
(d) In the narrator's study.

3. Who does the narrator reach on the phone?
(a) Mr. Thabane.
(b) Florence's mother.
(c) Florence.
(d) A police officer.

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

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

6. What does the narrator think about while being driven home?
(a) That she likes being drunk.
(b) The trust she put in Vercueil.
(c) Her cancer.
(d) Changing her will.

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

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

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

10. Where does Vercueil bring the narrator?
(a) To the airport.
(b) To the township.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To scenic spots.

11. What does the police tell the narrator?
(a) That she must submit to a body scanner.
(b) That she can only continue on foot.
(c) That she is not allowed to pass.
(d) That she must pay a fee to enter.

12. Who does the narrator find in her kitchen when she comes down to quiet Vercueil's dog?
(a) Behki's friend.
(b) Florence.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Vercueil.

13. What does the narrator say she would want to know when Vercueil asks about the dream?
(a) She would like to know how to burn her car.
(b) She would like to know more about Vercueil.
(c) She would like to know about the dog.
(d) She would like to know about Florence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator hope her daughter will do after the letters stop?

2. What happened on Government Avenue in the narrator's dream in Part four?

3. What does the narrator tell the inspector investigating the shooting?

4. What is the name of Florence's cousin?

5. What does the narrator say to the young man her and her group meet as she rejects his request?

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