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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 Mr. Vercueil suggest doing after the narrator looks at her watch?
(a) Continue to drive.
(b) Go dance.
(c) Go drink.
(d) Go home.

2. What does the narrator tell the inspector investigating the shooting?
(a) That she never saw the pistol before.
(b) That she didn't remember anything.
(c) That the pistol was hers.
(d) That the pistol was her maid's.

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

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

5. Who helps the narrator find her way home?
(a) Mr. Thabane.
(b) The military.
(c) Vercueil.
(d) Florence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say she would want to know when Vercueil asks about the dream?

2. Who gives the narrator little help after the narrator tries to take her car home?

3. What is Vercueil curious about?

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

5. What does the narrator say she is afraid of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens the morning the doorbell rings repeatedly?

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

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

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

5. Why is Florence comforted inside the building?

6. How is Mr. Vercueil different at the start of Part Three, pg. 115-147?

7. What horrific scene do they encounter when they walk?

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

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

10. What does John ask money for?

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