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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 do after David eats in Chapter 20?
(a) Takes a nap.
(b) Goes swimming.
(c) Showers.
(d) Drinks some whiskey.

2. How does David feel about his African story?
(a) It is more real than reality.
(b) It is strangely symbolic.
(c) It is a burden he must loose.
(d) It is his only refuge.

3. What does David do with everything he has written on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Crosses it out.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Shreds it.

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

5. Who kills the bull elephant?
(a) Juma.
(b) Davy's father.
(c) Davy.
(d) Kibo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Davy decide when they reach the female elephant corpse?

2. Who convinces David to dismiss his threat after confronting Catherine about showing Marita the manuscript?

3. What does Marita want David to do everyday in town?

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

5. Which story does David rewrite in the last chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

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

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

9. What does Catherine do when she reads the David's first short story?

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

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