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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. 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.

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

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

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

5. Who Is Teresa in the most recent version of his play?
(a) A sickly dog.
(b) A middle-aged woman who cares for her father.
(c) A young and beautiful woman.
(d) A vengeful spinster.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When David returns to the town where the University is, how long has he been gone?

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

4. When the fight between David and the other person is over, what does Lucy ask of David?

5. Several days after the attack on the farm, what does Ettinger offer David?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might one make of David missing the ducks and the dogs?

2. What does David make of Lucy's claim that she only went to the police after the attack for insurance purposes?

3. Is David disappointed in himself by his agreement to meet Bev at the clinic for a tryst?

4. How is it appropriate that David is awakened by a spitball when he is in the theater?

5. What does David's description of Desiree suggest?

6. When David read the article in The Herald that reports the story of the assailants and what happened at Lucy's farm, how is his reaction in keeping with his character?

7. Compare or contrast David's explanation of his punishment to Lucy's stance on staying on the farm.

8. In Chapter 16, when David talks with Bev about his fear of Lucy living alone on the farm, he says he was there and knows what Lucy has been through. Bev responds that he was not there for her. How does David react to that claim?

9. Do Petrus's responses to David's rage about the assault seem truly suspicious or might the reader be judging them through David's lens?

10. David explodes at Pollux and says to himself, "Swine. . .Teach him a lesson. Show him his place." How do these remarks reveal the racial attitudes David evidently has?

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