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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) Confident.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Dejected.
(d) Angry.

2. Who does David request to speak to after class?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Lara.
(c) The unwelcome visitor.
(d) Melanie.

3. At the hospital, what is David treated for?
(a) Burns.
(b) Trauma.
(c) Gun wounds.
(d) Knife wounds.

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

5. What is Melanie's role in the play?
(a) An employee in a boutique.
(b) An employee in a hair salon.
(c) An employee in a cafe.
(d) An employee in a factory.

6. Who is Melanie Issacs?
(a) A secretary from his department.
(b) A former student.
(c) Another professor.
(d) A current student.

7. What is the town in which Lucy lives?
(a) Salem.
(b) Oudtshoorn
(c) Kenton
(d) Cape Town.

8. When David visits Lucy in her room, what is she doing?
(a) Making dog toys.
(b) Paying bills.
(c) Reading.
(d) Knitting.

9. When David comments to himself on Lucy's wit, to whose wit does he compare it?
(a) His mother's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) His.
(d) His father's.

10. On the night after David's day at the clinic when David cannot sleep, what does he do?
(a) Writes.
(b) Reads.
(c) A crossword puzzle.
(d) Stares out the window.

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

12. What is David's response to Bev's comment that she can tell he likes animals?
(a) He says he eats them.
(b) He says that, in fact, he doesn't like animals.
(c) He says he can take them or leave them.
(d) He says he never realized it, but he does in fact like animals.

13. What is the university that is near where Lucy lives?
(a) New South Africa University.
(b) Suffolk University.
(c) Rhodes University.
(d) Essex University.

14. Who is it that visits David's class several days after the vandalizing of his property?
(a) Melanie's boyfriend.
(b) Melanie's mother.
(c) Melanie's father.
(d) Melanie's roommate.

15. Who is Elaine Winter?
(a) David's ex-wife.
(b) The department chairperson.
(c) The vice-rector.
(d) A former student girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Except for the course in Romantic poets, what is the general academic area of the courses that David teaches?

2. Who does David describe as a "poor little bird?"

3. Who is Ettinger who appears at the beginning of Chapter 12?

4. As they near their house after their walk, what do Lucy and David hear?

5. What does David prepare for dinner?

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