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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 for a drive.
(b) Goes to a bar.
(c) Heads to the beach.
(d) Sleeps.

2. What does Marita tell David to comfort him after his stories are burned?
(a) He can rewrite the stories.
(b) Catherine will come back.
(c) She will never leave him.
(d) She will help him transcribe the work.

3. Where does David want Catherine to see a doctor?
(a) England.
(b) Africa.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Australia.

4. What is Marita doing when David sees her alone in the bar?
(a) Flirting with Nina.
(b) Reading his book.
(c) Crying.
(d) Drinking absinthe.

5. On what kind of terrain is the bull elephant found?
(a) Cooled lava.
(b) Harsh rocks.
(c) Sand.
(d) Grassy plain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine do after David eats in Chapter 20?

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

3. What does Catherine call the elephant story when it is finished?

4. How does David view his writing in Chapter 17?

5. How does Catherine say she feels in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does David meet Catherine and Marita in Chapter 23, and how do they look when he gets there?

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

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

6. What does Catherine say to David about his clippings when they are on the beach, and what has she done with them?

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

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

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

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

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