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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. Who is with the narrator as she drives to the township?
(a) Florence and her two daughters.
(b) Vercueil.
(c) The dog.
(d) Her lawyer.

2. What does the narrator's medications cause?
(a) Blackouts.
(b) Drowsiness.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Incontinence.

3. What does the narrator say she would want to know when Vercueil asks about the dream?
(a) She would like to know more about Vercueil.
(b) She would like to know about Florence.
(c) She would like to know how to burn her car.
(d) She would like to know about the dog.

4. What does the narrator see being taken in an ambulance?
(a) Mr. Vercueil's body.
(b) John's body.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A negotiator's body.

5. Who does the narrator find in her kitchen when she comes down to quiet Vercueil's dog?
(a) Florence.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Vercueil.
(d) Behki's friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Florence's cousin give the narrator a jacket to put over her head?

2. What did the narrator tell her daughter during their last conversation?

3. What happens late at night in Part Three?

4. Where does the police stop the narrator's car?

5. What does the narrator want to do after looking at her watch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mrs. Curren do when Mr. Vercueil is not looking?

4. What is the narrator told when she asks who is responsible?

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

6. What has Mr. Vercueil become interested in?

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

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

9. What does the narrator wonder about her ability to love?

10. What happens to Mrs. Curren when she is lying down under an overpass?

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