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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine want to include in the manuscript?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Illustrations.
(d) Symbolism.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marita doing when David sees her alone in the bar?

2. About what does David dream after finishing his short story?

3. How long has David been writing in Chapter 17?

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

5. Where do David and Marita go when they are alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes it easier for David to write the African stories the second time?

2. What does Catherine say about the long manuscript in Chapter 23?

3. What does Madame tell David after his short stories have been destroyed?

4. What does David do after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

5. What happens to David as he writes his short story about Africa?

6. What does Catherine ask David to do after he writes the part about Davy on the hunt, and what is his response?

7. What is different when David wakes up in the last chapter?

8. What is the subject of David's second short story?

9. What does David do at the beginning of Chapter 29?

10. Why does Catherine say she owns the African short stories?

(see the answer keys)

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