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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How are Mary's usual wakings?
(a) Dark and ominous.
(b) Bright and chipper.
(c) Peaceful and rested.
(d) Grey and struggling.

5. What does Mary do in front of Moses?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Cry.
(c) Hit another servant.
(d) Steal from Dick.

6. About what does Mary dream?
(a) Moses leaving her.
(b) Moses touching her.
(c) Moses kissing her.
(d) Moses hitting her.

7. What is the hottest month of the year in South Africa?
(a) October.
(b) January.
(c) August.
(d) July.

8. For what is the main thing Charlie will use Dick's land?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Maize.
(c) Grazing.
(d) Lumber.

9. What does Mrs. Slatter make repeated attempts to do?
(a) Get Mary out of the country.
(b) Get Mary out of herself.
(c) Get Mary off the farm.
(d) Get Mary out of her way.

10. With what will the geraniums grow side-by-side?
(a) Blackjacks.
(b) Perennials.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daisies.

11. What does Charlie offer to do?
(a) Talk to Mary for Dick.
(b) Buy the farm.
(c) Lend Dick some money.
(d) Help Dick with the farming.

12. What do the Turners not have installed?
(a) A telephone.
(b) Cable T.V.
(c) Electricity.
(d) A gas stove.

13. What does a native give Mary?
(a) A gift.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A glass of water.
(d) A piece of paper.

14. What will come first to destroy the house?
(a) Rats.
(b) Creepers.
(c) The trees.
(d) A wrecking crew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary ask Dick if they can do?

2. What is the name of the new house boy?

3. With what does Mary refuse to help Dick?

4. What is the rainy month this year?

5. How does Moses comfort Mary?

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