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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 is the name of Silas's father?
(a) Aric.
(b) Ali.
(c) Abba.
(d) Andu.

2. Where did Kate's lover, Marguerite, used to live before returning to Kate's home?
(a) South America.
(b) Europe.
(c) North America.
(d) Canada.

3. What is the name of the woman who Silas met with a deep knife wound that hadn't properly healed?
(a) Fanny Dip.
(b) Manny Hip.
(c) Danny Flip.
(d) Tanny Pip.

4. After Kate leaves Mikey, whom does she have a meeting scheduled with at work?
(a) The Attorney General.
(b) The President.
(c) The Secretary of Defense.
(d) The Treasurer.

5. How does Mikey react to Lydia when he senses that she is angry with him when she returns from the hospital?
(a) He ignores her.
(b) He starts a shouting match with her.
(c) He lays his head in her lap.
(d) He slaps her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman whom Lydia chose as her fantasy lover in Durban?

2. After reading that he is the product of a rape, who is the first person Mikey calls?

3. What part of Lydia is cut when her beer glass shatters?

4. Which of the following adjectives does Kate use to describe the kinds of lives South Africans need to learn to live?

5. As a child, what did Mikey want to be when he grew up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Kate think about when she pulls away from Mikey's house, after he asks her to gather papers on Du Boise?

6. Why can't Gracie sleep at night?

7. What event does Lydia admit to Silas when she hears that Du Boise is back in town?

8. As an adult looking back, how does Mikey describe his relationship with his mother as a child?

9. What happened at a dinner party, which outraged Lydia so much that she never wanted Kate near Mikey again?

10. How did Lydia find out about Silas's affair?

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