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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David prepare for dinner?
(a) Steak with mushrooms.
(b) Shrimp with mushrooms.
(c) Chicken with mushrooms.
(d) Tagliatelle with mushrooms.

2. In the hearing, which of the following does Rassool NOT ask David if he has sought for help?
(a) A counselor
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A priest.
(d) A shaman.

3. After David forces himself on an aloof and passionless Melanie, how does David feel about himself?
(a) He is disgusted with himself and contemplates a vacation.
(b) He is disgusted with himself and contemplates therapy.
(c) He is disgusted with himself and says he feels like he needs a bath.
(d) He is disgusted with himself, but knows he cannot resist Melanie.

4. When the unwelcome guest comes to David's class, he correctly answers a question in one word. What is the answer?
(a) Byron.
(b) Lara.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Lucifer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Melanie during the hearing?

2. Who is Manas Mathabane?

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

4. After the hearing, who is it that asks David how the hearing went?

5. Who is Melanie Issacs?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 2, David suggests Melanie stay and quotes poetry. What is it that makes Melanie's demeanor change at this moment?

2. What does Bev's acceptance of David, even after he tells her of his forced resignation, suggest about her?

3. When pressed by his colleagues to offer an explanation for his behavior with Melanie, what explanation does David offer?

4. In Chapter 12, why is David amazed that Bill Shaw comes to the hospital to pick him up after his burns are treated?

5. After David spends the day working with Bev Shaw at the animal clinic, what is his estimation of her and her role in the community?

6. When Melanie's boyfriend is in the class, the other students are even quieter than they usually are. How might one interpret this silence?

7. How does Melanie's cousin Pauline treat David over the telephone when he calls for Melanie?

8. At David's hearing, what are the two charges to which he pleads guilty?

9. While David pleads guilty, he will not say that he repents. What is his reason for refusing this request to sign a repentance?

10. After class, David comments that if he were alone with Melanie, he would call her "his little dove" and embrace her. Why then does he treat her so sternly?

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