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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. How long has David been writing in Chapter 17?
(a) 7 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

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

3. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?
(a) If she should follow Catherine.
(b) If she will be a good wife.
(c) If David is worth the trouble.
(d) If she can love a man.

4. Where does Catherine say Marita wants to go in Chapter 17?
(a) Holland.
(b) Italy.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

5. About what does David say he cares most in Chapter 25?
(a) Marita.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Himself.
(d) His writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Catherine get keys to David's workroom?

2. What is the name of the boy in David's short stories?

3. What does Catherine do after she reads the short story?

4. Where does David first meet Marita?

5. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marita try to do for David after Catherine has destroyed his short stories?

2. What does Davy think as the elephant dies?

3. What does Marita say she wants David to do every day after Catherine has gone for good?

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

5. How does Davy feel when he is shown the skeleton of the female elephant?

6. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

7. What does David think about while Madame makes him a meal while he is alone in the house?

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 Catherine do when she comes into the house in Chapter 20?

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