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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 are some men forcing bystanders to do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Watch the fire burn the house.
(c) Give their money.
(d) Fight.

2. What is the boy's name?
(a) John.
(b) Jack.
(c) Mark.
(d) Eko.

3. What is the narrator doing when the boy startles her?
(a) She is taking her medication.
(b) She is writing.
(c) She is cooking.
(d) She is reading.

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

5. What does the narrator think of Vercueil's cooking?
(a) It is too salty.
(b) It is always the same thing.
(c) It is terrible.
(d) It is good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator try to do while tipsy?

2. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to do when she hears the national anthem?

3. What does the narrator and her group stop to watch?

4. What does the narrator notice is removed?

5. What excuse does the narrator give to the police officer to justify her presence there?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does John ask when he comes downstairs?

3. Why does Mrs. Curren call Dr. Syfret?

4. What directions does Florence give to the narrator when they arrive in the township area at the start of Part Three, pg. 87-115?

5. Where do Mr. Vercueil and the narrator drive?

6. What is playing on the television when Mr. Vercueil brings the television into the room?

7. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

8. What do the narrator and Mr. Thabane discuss about comradeship?

9. What does John ask money for?

10. What has Mr. Vercueil become interested in?

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