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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 did Michael K begin to do as he become more and more despondent about his situation?
(a) Pray.
(b) Eat more.
(c) Sleep more.
(d) Sell his possessions.

2. The nurses at the hospital ___________ to let Michael K stay with his mother overnight in the ward.
(a) Were willing.
(b) Would not willing.
(c) Decided.
(d) Thought.

3. What would the hospital NOT give to Michael K's mother, even though she desperately needed it?
(a) A new IV port.
(b) A bandage for her wound.
(c) A wheelchair.
(d) A glucose monitor.

4. What did Anna's employers allow her to go on once she became ill?
(a) A vacation.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Their health insurance.
(d) Light duty.

5. What did Michael K refuse to do when he found out that his mother had died in the hospital?
(a) Leave.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sign their papers.
(d) See her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Michael K unable to procure a ticket to get him and his mother to another city?

2. What had Anna saved in order to help her and Michael K get to the city where she wants to be?

3. What was Michael K in charge of cleaning when he was a night attendant for the parks service?

4. After the accident, it seems that travel was restricted to the ___________ by the order of the police and government.

5. Where did K decide that he and his mother should travel in order to be more successful with their journey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did K tell Visagie's grandson when he arrived at the farmhouse unexpectedly where K was staying?

2. Why weren't Michael and his mother allowed to travel through a checkpoint?

3. What did K decide to do when he could not get any more garden work after the death of his mother?

4. What kind of job did K get when he left school at the age of 15 in the book?

5. What happened to Anna the day after she was taken to the hospital with a fever?

6. What was one of the terrible things the hospital did not do when they released K's mother?

7. What did Michael K's deformity cause him trouble with when he was just a baby?

8. What happened because Michael K was judged to be not smart enough for regular school?

9. What had been Anna's job for eight years when she was in Sea Point at the Cote d'Azur apartments?

10. What kind of deformity was Michael K born with which repulses his mother when she looks at him?

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