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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 say about the media?
(a) They do not print the letter she sent them.
(b) They do not cover what happens in the townships.
(c) They only cover reality TV.
(d) They do not cover the last South African gold medalist at the Olympics.

2. What is the name of the homeless man?
(a) Mr Clown.
(b) Mr Auteille.
(c) Mr Vercueil.
(d) Mr Clack.

3. What is the call the narrator receives while playing music about?
(a) A homeless man is exposing himself.
(b) A vagrant on her property.
(c) A dog is loose on her property.
(d) The pool house is on fire.

4. What does access to money allow Mr. Vercueil to do?
(a) Study.
(b) Drink.
(c) Pay his debts.
(d) Pay for his gambling habit.

5. What does Vercueil say caused the shouting man's condition?
(a) End stage cancer.
(b) Drug withdrawal.
(c) Alzheimer's disease.
(d) Alcohol withdrawal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say to the housekeeper that one day will hurt everybody?

2. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?

3. What does the narrator want to do before being discouraged from doing so by Florence?

4. What does the person helping the narrator say she could do with the extra room in her house?

5. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do after speaking with the police?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the narrator reveal she is speaking to according to Part One, pg. 3-15?

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

3. Who does the narrator see parked outside of her house?

4. Who enters the house at the start of Part Two, pg. 56-86?

5. What does the narrator warn Florence of regarding hate?

6. What is the narrator surprised about when she observes Mr. Vercueil?

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

8. What does Bheki inform the narrator of regarding the police and not being in school?

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

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

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