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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When David first walks into the hearing, what is the word that best describes his feeling toward the proceedings?
(a) Dejected.
(b) Angry.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Confident.

2. At the animal clinic, what is Bev's primary function?
(a) She delivers baby animals.
(b) She puts fatally ill animals to sleep permanently.
(c) She finds homes for older animals.
(d) She performs surgery on animals.

3. How is David able to locate Soraya after she apparently discontinues their relationship?
(a) He follows her.
(b) He contracts a private investigator.
(c) She finally calls him.
(d) He gets information from her employer.

4. Where does David have the opportunity to observe Melanie without her knowing?
(a) At play rehearsal.
(b) At lunch with her friends.
(c) At the actual performance of the play.
(d) At her home while he is peering through the window.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 4, when Melanie and David are intimate, she questions him about Amanda. Who is Amanda?
(a) David's first wife.
(b) David's daughter.
(c) Another student.
(d) David's second wife.

6. What relationship do Melanie and her roommate have?
(a) They are in the same improvisational group.
(b) They are best friends.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are cousins.

7. On what day of the week does David meet Soraya?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Tuesdays.
(d) Thursdays.

8. When Lucy and David go on their spring morning walk, what 3 things does she marvel at?
(a) Daffodils.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Robins.
(d) Wild geese.

9. Who is it that Lucy suggests that David works for on a volunteer basis?
(a) Herself.
(b) Bill Shaw.
(c) Petrus.
(d) Bev Shaw.

10. Who is it that recommends that David be dismissed immediately and that he forfeit all benefits?
(a) Rassool.
(b) Aram Hakim.
(c) Melanie's father.
(d) Mathabane.

11. Where do David and Lucy spend the night after David is treated at the hospital?
(a) At Ettinger's home.
(b) At the Shaws' home.
(c) At a motel.
(d) At a shelter.

12. Where is David Lurie employed?
(a) At the University of South Africa.
(b) At Cape Town Community College.
(c) At Cape Technical University.
(d) At Cape Town High School.

13. At the beginning of the Chapter 4, when Melanie and David are intimate, she also questions him about the things he collects. What is it that David says that he does not collect?
(a) Women.
(b) Broken hearts.
(c) Books.
(d) Wine.

14. After secretly observing Melanie, how does David follow up in his pursuit of Melanie?
(a) He arrives unexpectedly at her apartment.
(b) He asks her to an expensive restaurant.
(c) He sends her a poem he wrote for her.
(d) He sends her flowers.

15. Who is Helen?
(a) Lucy's cat.
(b) A woman who lives in Lucy's house.
(c) Lucy's neighbor.
(d) Lucy's helper with the gardening.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the night after David's day at the clinic when David cannot sleep, what does he do?

2. What is the name of the second woman from the escort agency that David meets with?

3. On the night after David's day at the clinic, what is the noise that keeps him awake?

4. On the day after David and Melanie's date, what disappoints David?

5. Who does David request to speak to after class?

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