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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Catherine get keys to David's workroom?
(a) She hires a locksmith.
(b) She findsa them in his shorts.
(c) She enters through Marita's room.
(d) She finds a spare.

3. Which story does David rewrite in the last chapter?
(a) The first one.
(b) The elephant story.
(c) The giraffe description.
(d) The Rifle story.

4. What does Catherine do to David's African stories?
(a) Types them.
(b) Edits them.
(c) Burns them.
(d) Frames them.

5. What does Catherine call the African stories after David confronts her about showing Marita the manuscript?
(a) A joke.
(b) Crap.
(c) An abomination.
(d) Kraal.

6. About what does David say he cares most in Chapter 25?
(a) His writing.
(b) Marita.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Himself.

7. What is Marita doing when David sees her alone in the bar?
(a) Crying.
(b) Flirting with Nina.
(c) Reading his book.
(d) Drinking absinthe.

8. Where does Catherine say Marita wants to go in Chapter 17?
(a) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) Holland.
(d) Italy.

9. What does Catherine call David after insulting his grammar?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Clueless.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Ignorant.

10. What does Catherine drink when she returns from Cannes?
(a) Martinis.
(b) Beer.
(c) Water.
(d) Absinthe.

11. What does Catherine do after she reads the short story?
(a) Throws it at David.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Rips it in half.
(d) Laughs.

12. Where does David first meet Marita?
(a) Cannes.
(b) Nice.
(c) London.
(d) Prado.

13. What does David do with Marita once he stops writing on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Goes swimming.
(b) Makes love.
(c) Eats dinner.
(d) Goes for a drive.

14. What is the name of the boy in David's short stories?
(a) Dan.
(b) Davy.
(c) Dave.
(d) Danny.

15. How many bullets had been used to kill the female elephant years ago?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Catherine say she owns the African stories?

2. What does David threaten when Catherine says she is not sorry for showing Marita the manuscript?

3. About what does David know more the second time he writes his short stories?

4. How does David feel when he finishes the elephant story?

5. What does David do with everything he has written on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

(see the answer keys)

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