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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. Who does the narrator ask for help with her car problems?

2. What was the narrator's profession before retiring?

3. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?

4. Where does the narrator live?

5. What does Florence do with Bheki after the crash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the aged woman diagnosed with at the start of Part One, pg. 3-15?

2. What happened to the narrator three years ago?

3. Who enters the house at the start of Part Two, pg. 56-86?

4. Why does the narrator say she cannot give him money for nothing?

5. Who does the narrator want out of the house?

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

7. Who does the narrator see parked outside of her house?

8. What does the narrator say about charity?

9. What does the narrator find near her garage?

10. What did Bheki and another teenage boy do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define epistolary novel and discuss how "Age of Iron" is an example.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the principles which the youth live by in the "Age of Iron" and compare it with Mrs. Curren's principles.

Essay Topic 3

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

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