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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 think about while being driven home?

2. What does the narrator see being taken in an ambulance?

3. What is Mr. Thabane's current profession?

4. What does the narrator see inside the building they go to?

5. Why does Vercueil go into the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Mr. Vercueil become interested in?

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

3. Why does Mr. Thabane advise the narrator to put a jacket over her head?

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

5. What does the narrator recall about her daughter?

6. What does the narrator think about when sitting in the car alone?

7. What does John ask when he comes downstairs?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Based on the "Age of Iron", discuss whether suffering has any value for the characters.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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