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

2. Why is Petrus concerned about Lucy's returning to the market?
(a) If she doesn't go to market, she will lose her profit.
(b) If she doesn't go to market, she will lose her stall.
(c) If she doesn't go to market, the rapist will know he has destroyed her.
(d) If she doesn't go to market, he will not get his cut of the profit.

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

4. Whom does Dave see at the grocery store who ignores him?
(a) Rosalind.
(b) Dr. Rassool
(c) Elaine Winter.
(d) Melanie.

5. When David returns to town, where does he see Melanie?
(a) At the university.
(b) At a bar.
(c) At a coffee shop.
(d) At the theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does David write a letter about the attack on the farm?

2. What is the purpose of Bev's telephone call to David?

3. After the police visit the farm, why does David spend the morning digging a large hole?

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

5. What appliance does David buy to replace one that has been stolen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is one aspect of Lucy's argument to keep the child that is actually aligned with her early Mother Earth persona?

4. 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?

5. How might Lucy's and David's switching of bedrooms be construed as symbolic of some other switch between them?

6. How is David's remark "If she [Bev] is poor, he is bankrupt," that concludes this chapter revealing?

7. 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?

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

9. What is one to make of Petrus's lack of reaction to David's accusation that one of the men at his party is the assailant?

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

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