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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 call David after insulting his grammar?
(a) Illiterate.
(b) Clueless.
(c) Ignorant.
(d) Foolish.

2. What was David's dog's name?
(a) Kibo.
(b) Kibble.
(c) Kujo.
(d) Kyro.

3. What does David suggest they all do when Catherine starts insulting his stories?
(a) Go swimming.
(b) Head to the bar.
(c) Walk along the shore.
(d) Make love.

4. What does David call he and Marita on the first day he tries to write after his stories have been burned?
(a) The one.
(b) The Bournes.
(c) The ever afters.
(d) The couple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Catherine do to the clippings about David's writing?

2. What does Catherine do to David's African stories?

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

4. Where does Davy's father first shoot the elephant?

5. Where is Marita when David finds her in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do David and Marita do while alone in their cove after he finishes his first short story?

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

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

5. About what does Marita wonder in Chapter 28?

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

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

8. What does David want to talk to his father about, and why?

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

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

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