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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. Who tries to intervene when Mr. Vercueil is being beaten?

3. Where does the narrator find Mr. Vercueil at the start of Part Two?

4. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?

5. What does the narrator offer to do for Florence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator do when her car won't start according to Part One, pg. 15-33?

4. What does the narrator not understand about the townships?

5. What does the narrator find near her garage?

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

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

8. What does the narrator reassure Florence of?

9. What happened to the narrator three years ago?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine how rules and order are depicted in the book, and conclude why Mrs. Curren believes that the rules are necessary to maintain peace.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze why Coetzee chose to write using fiction in "Age of Iron".

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