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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. What does the narrator feel about the person she is addressing in this book?

2. Where does the housekeeper's husband work?

3. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?

4. How does the housekeeper feel about the beating of Mr. Vercueil?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who does the narrator reveal she is speaking to according to Part One, pg. 3-15?

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

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

8. What does the narrator ask the homeless man to do upon her death?

9. What does the narrator say about the boy and her teaching?

10. What does the narrator reassure Florence of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Coetzee's development of the plot in the "Age of Iron", from the initial situation to the climax and conclusion.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Coetzee addresses mortality throughout the "Age of Iron".

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