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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 ask Vercueil to do when she hears the national anthem?

2. Who does the narrator try to wake up?

3. What does Vercueil do while the national anthem plays on the TV?

4. Where does the police stop the narrator's car?

5. Why does Florence's cousin give the narrator a jacket to put over her head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

2. What was the narrator planning to do with her car?

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

4. What does Mrs. Curren do when Mr. Vercueil is not looking?

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

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

7. What does the narrator explain over tea?

8. What is playing on the television when Mr. Vercueil brings the television into the room?

9. Why is Florence comforted inside the building?

10. How is Mr. Vercueil different at the start of Part Three, pg. 115-147?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the setting of Mrs. Curren's home and how Mrs. Curren attempts to protect her space.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism and meaning of the title, "Age of Iron".

Essay Topic 3

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

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