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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David ask Marita to do for him in Chapter 27?
(a) Help him rewrite the stories.
(b) Keep him from killing Catherine.
(c) Make love to him.
(d) Avoid Catherine.

2. What does Catherine do after David eats in Chapter 20?
(a) Takes a nap.
(b) Drinks some whiskey.
(c) Showers.
(d) Goes swimming.

3. When does David stop writing on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) At midnight.
(b) At noon.
(c) At dusk.
(d) When the sun comes up.

4. What does David do after Catherine leaves after burning the stories?
(a) Goes for a drive.
(b) Heads to the beach.
(c) Goes to a bar.
(d) Sleeps.

5. Where is Marita when David finds her in Chapter 16?
(a) The beach.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) His bed.
(d) The garden.

6. What is the subject of David's short stories?
(a) Africa.
(b) His relationship with Catherine.
(c) His father's childhood.
(d) His dreams.

7. What does David think is wrong with Catherine?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is insane.
(c) She has a tumor.
(d) She is drinking too much.

8. What will Juma not let Davy do?
(a) Shoot a gun.
(b) Go to the tavern.
(c) Carry a rifle.
(d) Drink beer.

9. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?
(a) If David is worth the trouble.
(b) If she should follow Catherine.
(c) If she can love a man.
(d) If she will be a good wife.

10. How does David feel about his African story?
(a) It is his only refuge.
(b) It is strangely symbolic.
(c) It is more real than reality.
(d) It is a burden he must loose.

11. About what does David dream after finishing his short story?
(a) Africa.
(b) Marrying Marita.
(c) Catherine's dying.
(d) Drinking absinthe.

12. What was the subject of David's first book?
(a) WWII.
(b) WWI.
(c) The Revolutionary War.
(d) The Spanish American War.

13. What does David love most about writing his African stories?
(a) He is escaping Catherine.
(b) He is expressing deep thoughts.
(c) He is revisiting his father.
(d) He is in control.

14. What does Catherine call the elephant story when it is finished?
(a) A morbid nothingness.
(b) A piece of crap.
(c) A void of intellect.
(d) A worthless anecdote.

15. How does Catherine travel to Paris?
(a) By bus.
(b) By train.
(c) By boat.
(d) By bike.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David feel when he sees what Catherine has done to his African stories?

2. On what kind of terrain is the bull elephant found?

3. Where do David and Marita make love for the first time?

4. What is worth a fortune to the boy and his father in Africa?

5. Where does David go the minute he gets back from the beach with Catherine and Marita?

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