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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 say he wants to do after seeing what Catherine has done to his African stories?
(a) Divorce her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Marry her again.
(d) Make love to her.

2. What does David threaten when Catherine says she is not sorry for showing Marita the manuscript?
(a) To leave her.
(b) Not to finish the book.
(c) To take her part out of the book.
(d) To burn the book.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does David ask Marita to do for him in Chapter 27?

3. What will Juma not let Davy do?

4. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are alone and speaking about her?

5. What does Catherine want to include in the manuscript?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Davy, his father, and Juma finally catch sight of the elephant?

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

4. What does Catherine do while David and Marita are swimming alone in the cove after David's first short story has been completed?

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

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

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

8. What does Catherine say when David and Marita come home from celebrating the completion of the elephant story?

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

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

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