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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mr. Isaac say he will not do for David?
2. What do Lucy and her father discuss on their trip back from attempting to reclaim the car?
3. What is one thing that Rosalind criticizes about David's appearance when they meet?
4. When David goes back to the Eastern Cape where Lucy is, what excuse does he make up for being there?
5. Why is Petrus concerned about Lucy's returning to the market?
Short Essay Questions
1. The description of Teresa in the last chapter is, "She wants to be rescued--from the pain, from the summer heat, from the Villa Gamba, from her father's bad temper, from everything." This is about David's fictional character, but fiction is based upon what writers know. Does this description hint at David or Lucy's need for respite?
2. When David brings in his dog to Bev, the description is, "Bearing him in his arms like a lamb. . ." What does this image evoke?
3. How might one interpret Elaine Winter's treatment of David at the grocery store?
4. What is ironic about David's suggestion at the end of Chapter 22 that Lucy is as humiliated as a dog?
5. David mentions that he has "never been given to lingering involvements" as he tries to figure out what is driving him to go see Melanie's play. What then motivates him to go?
6. When David rhetorically asks, "Against this new Petrus, what chance does Lucy stand?" what is his implied answer?
7. What has Lucy's banjo become for David?
8. What does David's description of Desiree suggest?
9. Is David disappointed in himself by his agreement to meet Bev at the clinic for a tryst?
10. How is it appropriate that David is awakened by a spitball when he is in the theater?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Chapter 15. What role do the treatment of animals, both dogs and sheep, play in David's transformation?
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 10. What are the fundamental differences between the two people, Bev Shaw and David, who attempt to nurture Lucy? Based upon this differences, why might Lucy be more willing to accept nurturing from one of them rather than the other?
Essay Topic 3
What is it that brings about the ethical and moral transformation of David in Chapter 14? Is this transformation the result of his experiences and trauma of the violent attack or is he "replacing" the vitality that Lucy lost?
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