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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas wrap around Lydia's injuries to try to stop the bleeding?
(a) Bed sheets.
(b) Towels.
(c) Curtains.
(d) His shirt.

2. Which of the following is NOT a subject Mikey is concerned with in his conversations with Kate.
(a) The past.
(b) His parents.
(c) Kate's work.
(d) Kate's family.

3. Which of the following adjectives does Kate use to describe the kinds of lives South Africans need to learn to live?
(a) Prosperous.
(b) Fruitful.
(c) Loving.
(d) Ordinary.

4. What is the name of Mikey's sister?
(a) Marybelle.
(b) Mireille.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Martha.

5. What fear rouses Silas from his nightmare about death?
(a) That Kate is dying.
(b) That Alec has lied to him.
(c) That Lydia is having an affair.
(d) That Mikey is not his son.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mikey feel before he begins to read his mother's diary?

2. Why does Silas fear that Lydia is going into shock?

3. Who carries Lydia inside after the glass is broken?

4. What is the name of the woman who Silas met with a deep knife wound that hadn't properly healed?

5. At Mam Agnes's house, who comes out to the car to have a drink with Silas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mikey come to contact his sister after she was sent away?

2. How does Lydia react to the news that Mikey has not come to visit with her at the hospital?

3. Why do Kate Jessup and Julian Solomon come to stay at the Ali household?

4. How does the Ali family react to Silas's seizure?

5. Why does Alec become so outraged that he must leave his bedroom and make himself a cup of tea?

6. What is the truth behind Mikey's parentage?

7. What memories does Silas have of his father, and his father dying?

8. How does Silas react to seeing Lydia's injuries after she steps on the broken glass?

9. How does Kate react to Mikey while she is staying with him?

10. Why does Mikey travel to Shirley Graham's home and what is her reaction to hosting him?

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