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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 John?
(a) She thinks he has a gun.
(b) She thinks people are after him.
(c) He wants to kill police officers.
(d) He has suicide thoughts.

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

3. What does the narrator see inside the building they go to?
(a) 8 dead bodies.
(b) 12 dead bodies.
(c) 6 dead bodies.
(d) 16 dead bodies.

4. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to do to help with the pain?
(a) Get her more medicine.
(b) Let the dog sleep with her.
(c) Get her marijuana.
(d) Give her a bath.

5. What does the narrator feel towards the boy?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Frustration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with the narrator as she drives to the township?

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

3. Who does the narrator try to wake up?

4. Why does Vercueil go into the store?

5. Who does the narrator find in her kitchen when she comes down to quiet Vercueil's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Thabane advise the narrator to put a jacket over her head?

2. What does the policeman at the roadblock tell the narrator?

3. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

4. What does the narrator notice when passing by Florence's room in Part Three, p. 147-176?

5. What does Mr. Vercueil say of the bottle in the paper bag?

6. What does Mrs. Curren tell the police when under medication?

7. What does John ask money for?

8. What was the narrator planning to do with her car?

9. What does John ask when he comes downstairs?

10. What seems to ease Mrs. Curren's pain?

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