3. How does Slatter notify the police about the murder?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Note by courier.
(c) He drives there himself.
(d) Slatter does not notify the police.

4. How long have Dick and Mary been married at this point in the story?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

5. What does Mary notice in the newspaper?
(a) The death notice of an old friend.
(b) A job ad.
(c) An article on beekeeping.
(d) An announcement of marriage.

6. What springs up along the railway lines?
(a) Dorps.
(b) Derps.
(c) Dirps.
(d) Darps.

7. What does Samson do after being punished?
(a) Kill Mary.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Go in a corner and cry.
(d) Quit.

8. What loses a wheel?
(a) The ambulance.
(b) The wheelbarrow.
(c) Dick's car.
(d) The water cart.

9. What is the only part of the newspaper that Mary reads?
(a) The economic news.
(b) Obituaries.
(c) The sports section.
(d) Births and marriages.

10. What does Mary decide to do?
(a) Return to her old job.
(b) Run away to England.
(c) Divorce Dick.
(d) Get a farm of her own.

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

12. 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 overhears her friends talking about how she will never get married.
(d) She wakes up one day and realizes that she is miserable.

13. How does Mary react to sex with her husband?
(a) She withdraws.
(b) She refuses his advances entirely.
(c) She learns to enjoy it.
(d) She is disgusted.

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

15. What did Charlie once do in a fit of rage?
(a) Slap one of his children.
(b) Kill a native.
(c) Break a sjambok over his knee.
(d) Beat his wife.