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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take David to finish his short story?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 4 days.

2. What word does Davy use to describe the dying elephant?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Terrible.
(c) Static.
(d) Alive.

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

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

5. What does Marita think of the elephant story when she reads it?
(a) She is confused by it.
(b) She loves it.
(c) She is frightened by it.
(d) She hates it.

6. Where does Catherine say she will find an artist for the long narrative?
(a) Paris.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

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

8. How does Catherine say she feels in Chapter 19?
(a) Ignored.
(b) Old.
(c) Tired.
(d) Ugly.

9. What does David call he and Marita on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) The couple.
(b) The one.
(c) The Bournes.
(d) The ever afters.

10. Who killed the female elephant years before the bull elephant was spotted?
(a) Juma.
(b) A poacher.
(c) Davy's father.
(d) Davy's uncle.

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

12. What does Catherine call Marita when they return from celebrating about the elephant story?
(a) The girl.
(b) David's whore.
(c) Her mistress.
(d) The other wife.

13. Where does Davy's father first shoot the elephant?
(a) In the stomach.
(b) In the rump.
(c) In his chest.
(d) In the head.

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

15. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?
(a) Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) England.
(d) Switzerland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the father figure in the African stories?

2. What are Marita and Catherine drinking when David finds them and confronts Catherine about showing Marita his manuscript?

3. What does Catherine call David in Chapter 23?

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

5. What was David's dog's name?

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