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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the man take from the narrator?

2. How long was the housekeeper absent?

3. What does the narrator say to the housekeeper that one day will hurt everybody?

4. What does the narrator ask her housekeeper to do in the letter she writes?

5. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vercueil explain to the narrator when they reach the boy's hospital room?

2. What is the narrator told about her plan to make a complaint?

3. What does the homeless man do when the narrator brings him coffee?

4. What does the narrator say to the homeless man about her family?

5. What does Bheki inform the narrator of regarding the police and not being in school?

6. What does the narrator warn Florence of regarding hate?

7. What did Mr. Vercueil do with more access to money?

8. What did the police do to Bheki and his friend?

9. What happens when the narrator leaves to go shopping?

10. What does the narrator say about charity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the correlation between Mrs. Curren's act of writing letters and her self preservation in the "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of the names, Hope and Beauty, Florence's daughters and how these names are used as an allegory in "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Florence's reaction to Mr. Vercueil and compare it with Mrs. Curren's reaction to him.

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