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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of car does Charlie drive?
(a) Sleek Japanese.
(b) Humble British.
(c) Fat American.
(d) Modest European.

2. What changes Mary's attitude towards her life?
(a) She learns that she was adopted.
(b) She meets a man and falls instantly in love.
(c) She wakes up one day and realizes that she is miserable.
(d) She overhears her friends talking about how she will never get married.

3. Who is Mary's first prospective husband?
(a) A strong native farm worker.
(b) A short-tempered financier.
(c) A middle-aged widower.
(d) Her boss at the office.

4. How does Dick react to Samson's departure?
(a) He is angry at Samson for quitting.
(b) He hides his reaction to avoid making Mary angry.
(c) He is glad to be rid of Samson.
(d) He is sorry to see Samson go.

5. When will it rain?
(a) In a month.
(b) In the next season.
(c) In six weeks, if Dick and Mary are lucky.
(d) In a few days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Afrikaners?

2. What does Mary forget to give the boy?

3. Where is "Home" for Mary, even though she has never been there?

4. What is the extraordinary thing about the murder?

5. What is the greatest satisfaction that Mary knows?

(see the answer key)

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