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

2. What composer is the narrator particularly fond of?
(a) Bach.
(b) Tchaikovsky.
(c) Debussy.
(d) Beethoven.

3. What injury does Bheki's friend have following the crash?
(a) Broken arm.
(b) Head wound.
(c) Bruises on his arms and legs.
(d) Cuts on his legs.

4. What does the narrator say to the housekeeper that one day will hurt everybody?
(a) Hate.
(b) Altruism.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Love.

5. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?
(a) He forgot his car.
(b) He left his belongings.
(c) He left his dog.
(d) He dug himself a hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?

2. Why do the youth of the township do?

3. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do in the letter she writes?

4. When does the narrator return to her house after her trip in town?

5. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator not understand about the townships?

2. What happened to the narrator three years ago?

3. What does the narrator tell the homeless man stories about on the trip into town?

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

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

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

7. What does the narrator say about charity?

8. What is the narrator told about her plan to make a complaint?

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

10. What did Bheki and another teenage boy do?

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