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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mary have that Dick lacks?
(a) Patience and understanding.
(b) Vindictiveness and ruthlessness.
(c) Energy and efficiency.
(d) Strength and willpower.

3. Who confesses to the crime?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Luke.
(c) Moses.
(d) Abraham.

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

5. How does Mary punish Samson for stealing?
(a) She screams at him for an hour.
(b) She beats him with a sjambok.
(c) She docks his wages.
(d) She fires him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samson do better than Mary?

2. Where has Mary not been since her marriage?

3. Who discovered the body?

4. How far away is the station from the farm?

5. What was Charlie's job in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mary's attempt to return to her old job and leave Dick.

2. How does Charlie feel about his assistant, Marston?

3. What new types of farming excite Dick?

4. What type of store does Dick build on the farm? What does Mary think about it?

5. How does Mary feel as she and Dick pull up to the farm?

6. What does Dick usually do when he fights with Mary?

7. Describe the stores in South Africa and their symbolism.

8. Of what is every white woman in South Africa brought up to be afraid?

9. How does Mary change Dick's house? How does Dick feel about this?

10. Describe Mary's social life.

(see the answer keys)

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