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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that Rosalind criticizes about David's appearance when they meet?
(a) His stained pants.
(b) His unshaven face.
(c) His haircut.
(d) His untied shoes.

2. What action of Petrus frustrates David as Petrus prepares for the upcoming event.
(a) Petrus neglects to ask how Lucy is.
(b) Petrus neglects his work for Lucy.
(c) Petrus neglects the animals.
(d) Petrus neglects the stall at the market and expects David to tend to it.

3. What animals has Petrus brought onto his land as he prepares for the event he will have in the next few days?
(a) Two rams.
(b) Two calves.
(c) Two lambs.
(d) Two sheep.

4. After Lucy and her father discuss their version of their stories that they told the police, what is it that he is bothered by?
(a) That Lucy was curt when she spoke to the police.
(b) That she omitted what happened personally to her when she was alone with the men.
(c) That Lucy told the police that she did not want to press charges.
(d) That Lucy never bought insurance for her farm property.

5. What has David told Rosalind is a hobby, but in fact is something that "consumes" him?
(a) Selling vegetables at the market.
(b) His opera.
(c) His dog.
(d) Tutoring.

6. When David needs his bandages changed, who changes them?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Bev Shaw.
(d) Bill Shaw.

7. What appliance does David buy to replace one that has been stolen?
(a) A radio.
(b) A television.
(c) A microwave oven.
(d) An electric drill.

8. Who is the new person living at Petrus's house?
(a) Pollux.
(b) Petrus's adult daughter.
(c) Petrus's mother.
(d) Petrus's adult son.

9. Several days after the attack on the farm, what does Ettinger offer David?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A cooked chicken dinner.
(c) A cow.
(d) A gun.

10. What is one of the issues that Lucy feels is a motive for the assault on her and her farm?
(a) Morals in South Africa.
(b) Racism.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Sexism.

11. In the article in the local paper about the attack, how is David described?
(a) A "distinguished author."
(b) A "distinguished professor."
(c) A "distinguished new gentleman farmer."
(d) An "elderly father."

12. Who or what is it that particularly enjoys David's new past time?
(a) David's dog.
(b) David's new assistant.
(c) Petrus.
(d) Bev.

13. As Chapter 15 begins, for what event is Petrus preparing?
(a) A party.
(b) A community meeting.
(c) A political announcement.
(d) A barnstorming.

14. What does Mr. Isaac say he will not do for David?
(a) Mr. Isaac says that he will not forgive David.
(b) Mr. Isaac says that he will not speak on his behalf to a new school
(c) Mr. Isaac says that he will not let Melanie communicate with him.
(d) Mr. Isaac says that he will not try to get David reinstated at the University.

15. On the day after the party, with what kind of work does David help Petrus?
(a) Repairing locks.
(b) Laying pipe.
(c) Mending fences.
(d) Repairing windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week do Bev and David load the car with the dead dogs?

2. When David suggests he will look to poetry to learn how to become a grandfather, who is the poet he has in mind?

3. When David is back in Cape Town, he calls Bev to find out how Lucy is doing. What question does David ask Bev about Lucy that she evades?

4. When David returns to the University town, where does he meet with Rosalind?

5. What is it that Petrus brings up as a "perk" for David?

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