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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As David concludes his walk and is walking back to the farm, who does he physically attack?
(a) Ryan.
(b) A policeman who is there for questioning.
(c) Petrus.
(d) Pollux.

3. Who is it that accosts David and has a threatening conversation with David about staying with "his own kind."
(a) Elaine Winter's husband.
(b) A former female student.
(c) Ryan.
(d) Dr. Rajool.

4. Who is Dr. Otto?
(a) David's new therapist.
(b) The professor who has taken over David's office.
(c) A doctor who calls David with news of Lucy.
(d) Rosalind's therapist.

5. What is it that David tells Rosalind he is working on when she asks him if he will look for another job?
(a) Starting a clinic for sick dogs in Cape Town.
(b) An opera.
(c) A book of critical essays.
(d) A book of poetry

6. 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?
(a) Whether or not Lucy is on tranquilizers.
(b) Whether or not Bev trusts Petrus.
(c) Whether or not Lucy is pregnant.
(d) Whether or not Lucy is angry with him.

7. Shortly after Lucy and David arrive at Petrus's event, why does Lucy want to leave?
(a) She is too depressed to be around people.
(b) She feels awkward around Petrus's wife.
(c) She feels that David is being too forward with women.
(d) She recognizes the rapists are there.

8. When David comes to the farm to visit, what proposal does Petrus have for Lucy that he asks David to offer her?
(a) Buying her house and her farm.
(b) Renting her land to farm.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Buying her land.

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

10. Which character in the final chapter says, "I am determined to be a good person. You should try to be a good person too?"
(a) Lucy.
(b) Helen.
(c) Bev.
(d) Bill Shaw.

11. When David speaks to Petrus about watching the farm, what place does he mention as a possible place for Lucy to go and get a rest?
(a) The sea shore.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Cape Town.

12. When David returns to the University town, where does he meet with Rosalind?
(a) At her office.
(b) At the park.
(c) At a coffee shop.
(d) In his office.

13. When the fight between David and the other person is over, what does Lucy ask of David?
(a) To pack his bags and leave her house.
(b) To apologize to the person he attacked.
(c) To go into the house and rest.
(d) To take over for her at the stalls.

14. After the attack, what has happened to the books that David brought for research on his Byron project?
(a) They were in his car that was stolen.
(b) They were burned.
(c) Bev has asked to borrow them.
(d) They are gone and David suspects Petrus has stolen them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucy omit from her story when she tells the police of the attack?

2. When David comes to the farm to visit, where does he propose that Lucy go for a rest?

3. Later during the day of this ride back from trying to get David's car, David and Lucy communicate again about their difference of opinion regarding Lucy's staying on the farm. What is their method of communication at this time?

4. Who calls David to say that his car has been found?

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

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