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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?
(a) That the pool house heats the pool.
(b) That the dog is hers.
(c) That the homeless man owns the dog.
(d) That the vagrant is in fact her employee.

2. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?
(a) On the front porch.
(b) On the guest bed.
(c) On the kitchen floor.
(d) On the couch.

3. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?
(a) She makes her sick.
(b) She hates her.
(c) She misses her.
(d) She dislikes her habits.

4. Why do the youth of the township do?
(a) Burn their own school.
(b) Fight with white students.
(c) Burn a police station.
(d) Drive white people out of the township.

5. When was the narrator's house burglarized?
(a) Three years before the events of the book.
(b) Four years before the events of the book.
(c) Five years before the events of the book.
(d) Twelve years before the events of the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?

2. What happens to the narrator's car in Page 16?

3. What type of document introduces the "Age of Iron"?

4. What is Mr. Vercueil doing in the back yard that the housekeeper's daughters watch?

5. What does the narrator offer to do for Florence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the police do to Bheki and his friend?

2. What happened to the narrator three years ago?

3. Who returns with her two young daughters and teenage son in Part Two, pgs. 35-56?

4. What happens when the narrator leaves to go shopping?

5. What does the homeless men decline after answering questions about his birthplace?

6. What did Mr. Vercueil do with more access to money?

7. Who does the narrator want out of the house?

8. What does the narrator do when her car won't start according to Part One, pg. 15-33?

9. What does the narrator explain when a neighbor who calls on the phone?

10. What does Vercueil explain to the narrator when they reach the boy's hospital room?

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