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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Dick sold?
(a) The farm.
(b) All of Mary's jewelry.
(c) His crop of tobacco.
(d) His car.

2. What is the rainy month this year?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) December.
(d) November.

3. From where did a new idea in farming that Dick tried come?
(a) The colonies.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) America.

4. What does Mary understand?
(a) The irony of her death.
(b) The evil.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Spanish.

5. How long ago did Mary attempt to run away from Dick?
(a) Four years ago.
(b) Five years ago.
(c) Two years ago.
(d) Six years ago.

6. What does the doctor suggest?
(a) Cut back the bush.
(b) All of the choices
(c) Put in ceilings.
(d) Wire the house for mosquitoes.

7. Why do the Slatters maintain their interest in the Turners?
(a) Charlie likes Dick.
(b) Charlie wants the farm.
(c) Charlie likes spreading rumors about the Turners.
(d) The Slatters have nothing else to occupy their time.

8. By what are people who keep to themselves troubled?
(a) Other people talking about them.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Unwelcome visitors.
(d) Personal demons.

9. What season does Mary feel is sent for her personally?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

10. In what do the workers live?
(a) The guest house.
(b) Huts.
(c) Burrows.
(d) Dormitories.

11. What does Tony see Moses do?
(a) Help Mary get dressed.
(b) Steal money from the Turners.
(c) Read a book.
(d) Kill Mary.

12. What does Charlie tell Dick he must do for six months?
(a) Keep Mary in a mental institution.
(b) Go on a holiday.
(c) Fertilize his soil.
(d) Treat Moses harshly and beat him.

13. What does Dick suggest Mary do instead of a vacation on the coast?
(a) Go back to England.
(b) Stay in town with her friends.
(c) Write a book.
(d) Go camping in the veld.

14. When will Dick and Mary get off the farm?
(a) Years, if ever.
(b) Next season, if the crops fail again.
(c) A decade or less.
(d) Never.

15. What part of the house makes noise when the seasons change?
(a) The windows.
(b) The floors.
(c) The plumbing.
(d) The roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will come first to destroy the house?

2. How often does Mary go out to inspect the farm while Dick is ill?

3. What feelings does Mary have towards Dick?

4. How does Moses comfort Mary?

5. What does Dick want sent to him?

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