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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's medications cause?
(a) Incontinence.
(b) Drowsiness.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Blackouts.

2. What does the narrator wear as she walks down the street?
(a) A long robe.
(b) A dress.
(c) Her nightgown and a blanket.
(d) A shirt and flannel pants.

3. What do the officers prevent the narrator from doing?
(a) Going upstairs.
(b) Getting in the ambulance with John.
(c) Leaving the house.
(d) Following the ambulance with her car.

4. What does the narrator want to do after looking at her watch?
(a) Go dance.
(b) Go home.
(c) Go for a swim.
(d) Go drink.

5. What does the narrator say about John?
(a) He wants to kill police officers.
(b) She thinks people are after him.
(c) He has suicide thoughts.
(d) She thinks he has a gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator compare aging to?

2. What does the narrator see inside the building they go to?

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

4. What does Florence learn late at night in Part Three?

5. What does the narrator think is insane?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What advice does the narrator offer to Mr. Thabane?

3. What has Mr. Vercueil become interested in?

4. What does the narrator explain over tea?

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

6. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

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

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

9. Who does Florence dress as at the start of Part Four?

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

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