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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 is it that David tells Rosalind he is working on when she asks him if he will look for another job?
2. What is it that Petrus brings up as a "perk" for David?
3. What animals has Petrus brought onto his land as he prepares for the event he will have in the next few days?
4. When David returns to the University town, where does he meet with Rosalind?
5. Who returns to the farm several days after the attack on the farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. What has Lucy's banjo become for David?
4. How is it appropriate that David is awakened by a spitball when he is in the theater?
5. When David rhetorically asks, "Against this new Petrus, what chance does Lucy stand?" what is his implied answer?
6. 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?
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. What might one make of David missing the ducks and the dogs?
9. When David brings in his dog to Bev, the description is, "Bearing him in his arms like a lamb. . ." What does this image evoke?
10. Is there a symbolic significance to the characters of his libretto in progress "fading away" and being replaced by the corpses of dogs, his new work?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 11, review David's insistence that "scapegoating" does not accurately describe the actions taken against him. Why does he feel this is incorrect? How does he correct Lucy as to his actions involving Melanie?
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 12. Explain how Lucy's rape altered her personality. Discuss Lucy's remarks about the issue of racism and inherent guilt in South Africa and how this guilt influences her beliefs and actions thus far in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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