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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Mary stay at the Girl's Club?
(a) They don't take married women.
(b) Mary is too old to stay there.
(c) She cannot afford their rates.
(d) The girls remember her and do not want her back.

2. What was Mary afraid of above all else?
(a) Men.
(b) Herself.
(c) Being alone.
(d) Dying.

3. What type of work did Mary enjoy?
(a) Railway work.
(b) Office work.
(c) Farm work.
(d) Baking.

4. What does Samson let out?
(a) The dogs.
(b) A secret.
(c) The chickens.
(d) The cattle.

5. What does Mary order the boy to clean?
(a) The floors.
(b) Himself.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The bath.

6. Where is "Home" for Mary, even though she has never been there?
(a) Scotland.
(b) America.
(c) England.
(d) Ireland.

7. Where did Mary live while she was single?
(a) A girl's club.
(b) A condominium.
(c) A small shack.
(d) A dormitory.

8. Where does Dick Turner first see Mary?
(a) The cinema.
(b) The town dance hall.
(c) The veld.
(d) The store.

9. How have the last few months made Mary feel?
(a) Numb.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Hurting.
(d) Raw.

10. About what does Mary pick up a pamphlet?
(a) Beekeeping.
(b) Embroidery.
(c) Copper mining.
(d) Alpaca breeding.

11. Who is found murdered?
(a) John Turner.
(b) Richard Turner.
(c) Mary Turner.
(d) Tina Turner.

12. What was Mary's strength and weakness?
(a) Wits.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Stubbornness.

13. What is the South African equivalent to the word "class?"
(a) Race.
(b) Birthright.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Wealth.

14. What was Mary's father's job?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Pumpman.
(c) Foreman.
(d) Postman.

15. How much money did Dick borrow after he and Mary got married?
(a) Two hundred pounds.
(b) Twenty farthings.
(c) Ten thousand shillings.
(d) Seventy-five euros.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dick buy in preparation for Mary's arrival at the farm?

2. What does Tony say in the car after leaving the house?

3. What does Mary take for granted about Samson?

4. At what time do Mary and Dick reach the farm?

5. What springs up along the railway lines?

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