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

2. To what does Mary tell herself she is getting close?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Her roots.
(c) The breaking point.
(d) Nature.

3. How far away is the station from the farm?
(a) Two miles.
(b) Twenty-five miles.
(c) Nine miles.
(d) Seven miles.

4. Who is Mary's first prospective husband?
(a) Her boss at the office.
(b) A middle-aged widower.
(c) A strong native farm worker.
(d) A short-tempered financier.

5. What does Samson do better than Mary?
(a) Clean.
(b) Cook.
(c) Deocorate.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Slatter notify the police about the murder?

2. What is the best ground on Dick's farm?

3. What does Mary do for most of the day?

4. What was Mary afraid of above all else?

5. What becomes an obsession for Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. When and why was Mary so fortunate? How did she feel about her good fortune?

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

3. Describe the Turners' reputation in the community.

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

5. How does Dick feel now that Mary is at the farm?

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

7. How do the man's remarks at the station change Mary's perception of Dick?

8. How do people react to the newspaper article about the murder?

9. How does Marston feel about the murder? How does he feel about the way Slatter and the Sergeant talk to him?

10. What did people in Lobengula's kingdom do when they commit a crime? What is the custom for talking about African history?

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