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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mary find Moses?
(a) In a clearing.
(b) The old chicken coop.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) The store.

2. How often does Mary go out to inspect the farm while Dick is ill?
(a) Once an hour.
(b) Twice a day.
(c) One every other day.
(d) One a day.

3. What happens to Dick in February?
(a) All of the above.
(b) He gets in a car accident.
(c) He gets sick.
(d) He has a stroke of luck with his crops.

4. What does Dick take to prevent himself from getting sick?
(a) Mauveine.
(b) Cortisone.
(c) Brio.
(d) Quinine.

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

6. When does Mary say it will rain?
(a) Over their entire vacation.
(b) Before the night is through.
(c) In a week's time.
(d) After her death.

7. What type of native does Dick not like?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Natives that know too much.
(c) Mission boys.
(d) Natives that can read.

8. What destroys the tobacco crop?
(a) Drought.
(b) Dick's incompetent farming.
(c) Locusts.
(d) Infertile soil.

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

10. What does Moses ask Mary at the end of the chapter?
(a) Why she won't let him leave.
(b) Why she is afraid of him.
(c) Why she hates him so much.
(d) Why she is so racist.

11. What is the name of the new house boy?
(a) Moses.
(b) Damien.
(c) Michael.
(d) Jonah.

12. How many reasons does Mary have for refusing to help Dick with the farm?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Several.
(d) Three.

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

14. What age is Mary approaching?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

15. What type of crop is being planted on the farm?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Corn.
(c) Hemp.
(d) Mealies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feelings does Mary have towards Dick?

2. What months have passed since the previous chapter?

3. What does Tony see Moses do?

4. What disease does Dick get?

5. What can Dick and Mary apply for to pay for school fees for a child?

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