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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 always do in the afternoon?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Knit.
(c) Cry.
(d) Work in the store for hours.

2. What did Charlie once do in a fit of rage?
(a) Slap one of his children.
(b) Beat his wife.
(c) Kill a native.
(d) Break a sjambok over his knee.

3. Why did Charlie come to Africa?
(a) To make money.
(b) To start over.
(c) To get some sun.
(d) To escape the police.

4. What becomes an obsession for Mary?
(a) Heat.
(b) Money.
(c) Racism.
(d) The new servant.

5. How many miles does Slatter live from the Turners?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Afrikaners?

2. What was Mary afraid of above all else?

3. How have the last few months made Mary feel?

4. What type of clothes does Mary buy for herself?

5. What does Mary notice in the newspaper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mary's financial situation change after getting married?

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

3. How does Mary react to the first new servant?

4. What were the two happy times during Mary's childhood?

5. Describe Mary's background and early childhood.

6. How does Mary treat Samson?

7. What new types of farming excite Dick?

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

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

10. Why is it strange that no one discusses the murder?

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