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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will come first to destroy the house?

2. What does Mary's father smell like in her dream?

3. Where does Mary find Moses?

4. What has Dick sold?

5. What can Dick and Mary apply for to pay for school fees for a child?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the first law of white South Africa?

3. How does Mary's condition change?

4. Describe the compound where the workers and their families live.

5. Why does Mary want to have children? What does Dick say about it?

6. How does Mary feel about Dick?

7. Why does Mary refuse to help Dick with the farm after he is well?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay intended to educate readers on the dangers that malaria poses to people all over the world, both throughout history and in the present day. Be sure to include properly cited research.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the difficulties women have faced throughout history in divorcing their husbands and ending an unhappy marriage. Be sure to use chronological examples that illustrate how woman's rights have changed over time.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the way Mary relates to other characters in the novel and how these interactions illustrate her character. Be sure to address:

1) How Mary relates to friends and the role she plays in a friendship.

2) How Mary relates to her husband.

3) How Mary relates to the servants and black people in general.

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