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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Madame feel about David's love triangle?
(a) She approves.
(b) She is not surprised.
(c) She is disgusted.
(d) She is oblivious.

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

3. How many wives could David have if he lived in Africa?
(a) As many as he wanted.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

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

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

6. What does Juma call elephant mates?
(a) Askari.
(b) Askitu.
(c) Askryti.
(d) Askurat.

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

8. What does Davy wish on the first night of the tracking?
(a) He had not come on the hunt.
(b) He had been stronger.
(c) He had brought his dog.
(d) He had never seen the elephant.

9. What does David drink with his breakfast after Catherine leaves after burning the stories?
(a) Wine.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Absinthe.
(d) Beer.

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

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

12. How does David feel when he sees what Catherine has done to his African stories?
(a) Sick.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Betrayed.
(d) Grateful.

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

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

15. What does David do for the first time in the book in Chapter 27?
(a) Sings.
(b) Swears.
(c) Drives.
(d) Smokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes David a meal in Chapter 20?

2. What is the subject of David's short stories?

3. How does David view his writing in Chapter 17?

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

5. Who tells David that Catherine has left for Paris?

(see the answer keys)

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