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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 are some men forcing bystanders to do?

2. What does Mr. Vercueil say he bought?

3. What does Mr. Vercueil do with the keys of the car?

4. Who serves as a guide for the people in the narrator's car?

5. What does Mr. Vercueil do the morning of Part Three "p.115-147"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Vercueil say of the bottle in the paper bag?

2. What does the narrator wonder about her ability to love?

3. What does Mrs. Curren tell the police when under medication?

4. What directions does Florence give to the narrator when they arrive in the township area at the start of Part Three, pg. 87-115?

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

6. What advice does the narrator offer to Mr. Thabane?

7. What does the narrator explain over tea?

8. What happens to Mrs. Curren when she is lying down under an overpass?

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

10. What does the narrator notice when passing by Florence's room in Part Three, p. 147-176?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the history of apartheid in South Africa, including why it was instituted, who it benefited, and the impact it had on the townships.

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

Examine the impact Bheki's death had on the different characters in the "Age of Iron".

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