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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 say she wants to study when she returns from Cannes?
(a) Literature.
(b) History.
(c) Engineering.
(d) Spanish.

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

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

4. Where is Marita when David finds her in Chapter 16?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The beach.
(c) The garden.
(d) His bed.

5. What will Juma not let Davy do?
(a) Carry a rifle.
(b) Drink beer.
(c) Shoot a gun.
(d) Go to the tavern.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

2. What does Catherine call David after insulting his grammar?

3. What does Marita tell David to comfort him after his stories are burned?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Catherine say about marriage after her trip to Nice with Marita?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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