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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 does Mary wish Dick would install in the house?
(a) Proper flooring.
(b) Air conditioning.
(c) Windows.
(d) Ceilings.

2. What springs up along the railway lines?
(a) Darps.
(b) Dirps.
(c) Derps.
(d) Dorps.

3. 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.

4. What did Mary and Dick not discuss before getting married?
(a) A prenuptial agreement.
(b) Children.
(c) Where they would go for their honeymoon.
(d) Finances.

5. Of what did Mary's brother and sister die?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Malaria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Mary do with groups of young people?

2. How did Mary wear her hair?

3. What type of car does Charlie drive?

4. What does Mary's old boss tell her at the job interview?

5. What type of shoes is Mary wearing when she arrives at the farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary's perspective on her new life change?

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

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

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

5. Describe the the Slatters' visit to the Turner farm.

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

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

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

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

10. How does Mary treat Samson?

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