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

2. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil at the start of Part Two?
(a) In his car.
(b) Drunk on the couch.
(c) In the rain.
(d) Passed out on the kitchen floor.

3. How does the narrator describe Mr Vercueil's usual temperament?
(a) On edge.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sullen.

4. What is the name of the housekeeper's son?
(a) Harry.
(b) Arthur.
(c) John.
(d) Bheki.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil when she wakes?

2. What does the narrator tell the person that calls her?

3. What does the narrator say about the media?

4. Where does the housekeeper live?

5. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say about charity?

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

3. What does the narrator ask the homeless man to do upon her death?

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

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

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

7. What is unique about the aged woman's views on the apartheid system?

8. What happens after the police van continued driving?

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

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

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