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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When David suggests he will look to poetry to learn how to become a grandfather, who is the poet he has in mind?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Byron.
(d) Victor Hugo.

3. What is it that David urges Petrus to do on this evening?
(a) Ask people to make less noise.
(b) Take care of the animals.
(c) Introduce him to potential voters.
(d) Call the police.

4. Who calls David to say that his car has been found?
(a) The police.
(b) Bill Shaw.
(c) Ettinger.
(d) Petrus.

5. What literary reference doe David make after his meeting with Bev?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Lady MacBeth.
(c) Moll Flanders.
(d) Emma Bovary.

6. What borrowed farm equipment does Petrus have on his farm?
(a) A harvester.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A tractor.

7. Where does David cook for himself now that he is reestablished in the town Lucy lives?
(a) In Lucy's barn.
(b) At Bev's.
(c) At the clinic.
(d) At his rented room.

8. What kind of car did David have that was stolen on the evening of the attack?
(a) A Corolla.
(b) A Kombi.
(c) A Jeep.
(d) A Datsun.

9. What is the purpose of Bev's telephone call to David?
(a) Bev calls to invite David to discess Petrus in confidence.
(b) Bev calls to invite David to help her at home with Bill.
(c) Bev calls to invite David to discuss Melanie with her psychiatrist.
(d) Bev calls to invite David to meet her at the clinic that same day.

10. In this attack that David instigates, who comes to the rescue of the recipient of David's attack?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Pollux.
(c) Lucy.
(d) Bev.

11. At the meeting between Rosalind and David, something about his appearance makes her "shudder." What is it?
(a) His fingernails.
(b) His worn-out shoes.
(c) His scruffy beard.
(d) His misshapen ear.

12. What do Lucy and her father discuss on their trip back from attempting to reclaim the car?
(a) Lucy's stall at the market.
(b) Lucy's rape.
(c) Lucy's debt.
(d) Lucy's car.

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

14. When David goes back to the Eastern Cape where Lucy is, what excuse does he make up for being there?
(a) He says he has a business proposition for Bill Shaw.
(b) He says he has a job interview in the area.
(c) He says he has to talk to Bev.
(d) He says he left his work projects at Lucy's house.

15. What is it that Petrus brings up as a "perk" for David?
(a) David will get insurance money for damages to the farm.
(b) David could sell the farm to Petrus.
(c) David could get Lucy to come to the city with him.
(d) David will get money for his car from the insurance claim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals has Petrus brought onto his land as he prepares for the event he will have in the next few days?

2. What is Petrus's position on reporting the young man who Lucy recognized to the police?

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

4. Who is Katy?

5. When David returns to town, where does he see Melanie?

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