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

2. Where do David and Marita make love for the first time?
(a) Catherine's bed.
(b) The writing room.
(c) The garden.
(d) The cove.

3. Why does Catherine say she owns the African stories?
(a) She asks his permission to have them.
(b) She edits them.
(c) She inspires them.
(d) She pays all the bills.

4. How does David describe his father's personal life?
(a) Calm.
(b) Perfect.
(c) Erratic.
(d) Disastrous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David write on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?

2. How does Catherine travel to Paris?

3. How does Marita describe the short story when she first reads it?

4. What was the subject of David's first book?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do when he gets back from the beach with the girls after finishing the elephant story?

2. What does David want to talk to his father about, and why?

3. What does Davy do on the hunt that makes his father proud of him?

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

5. What does Catherine do when she comes into the house in Chapter 20?

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 does David do at the beginning of Chapter 29?

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

9. What does Catherine say that makes David uncomfortable in Chapter 17?

10. What do David and Marita talk about after David writes about the skeleton of the female elephant?

(see the answer keys)

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