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

2. What does Charlie tell Dick to do with Moses?
(a) Let him work on Charlie's farm for a while to learn some discipline.
(b) Have him arrested.
(c) Get rid of him.
(d) Send him to work in the fields.

3. What can Dick and Mary apply for to pay for school fees for a child?
(a) Help from charities.
(b) Second jobs.
(c) Social assistance.
(d) A government grant.

4. What does Dick give the workers for every hour that they are working?
(a) A break.
(b) Water.
(c) One shilling.
(d) A hit with the sjambok.

5. According to Mary, what proves a man's worth?
(a) Working without reward.
(b) How well he can work for a reward.
(c) Rewarding others for their work.
(d) The reward his work gets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rainy month this year?

2. How does Moses refer to Mary?

3. About what does Mary dream?

4. What happens to Dick in February?

5. What will Moses do after killing Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mary tragically flawed?

2. How does Mary show weakness?

3. Describe Dick's appearance and mood when Charlie visits him.

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

5. How does Mary's condition change?

6. How does Mary feel about the doctor's advise? How much does the doctor charge for his services?

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

8. What type of weather does Mary like best?

9. Describe the state of Dick and Mary's marriage before Dick gets sick.

10. What does Moses do to help Mary? How does Mary feel about being helped by a native?

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