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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 must Mary do while Dick is sick?
(a) Get a job outside the farm.
(b) Help him do everything.
(c) Tend to the farm.
(d) Sell vegetables on the roadside.

2. What is the rainy month this year?
(a) December.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) October.

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

4. What season does Mary feel is sent for her personally?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

5. What does Mary suggest Dick do with the tobacco next year?
(a) Smoke it to ease their tension.
(b) Take out a huge loan and plant a massive crop.
(c) Plant no tobacco, only mealies and grains.
(d) Dry it themselves and sell it on the black market.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will come first to destroy the house?

2. What is the hottest month of the year in South Africa?

3. What does Mary hope for Dick to become?

4. What does Tony see Moses do?

5. How does Mary feel about managing the farm after she starts working?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dick have to do to make Mary love him?

2. What dream does Mary have about her father? What do you think its significance is? What else does Mary dream about?

3. How does Mary feel about managing the farm? How does she feel about the way Dick has been managing the farm?

4. What is Mary blocking out? Is she aware of what is happening to her?

5. How does Mary's condition change?

6. What does Dick suggest Mary to do feel better? How does Mary react?

7. Describe the state of Dick's farm.

8. How does Mary feel about how she arrives at her fate?

9. How, and why, does Moses seek revenge on Mary? What other motives might he have for killing Mary?

10. How does Charlie react to the way Mary talks to Moses?

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