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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 the grandson of the Visages decide that Michael K was there for?
(a) To be a servant.
(b) To steal the valuables.
(c) To help him take care of his mother.
(d) To burn the house down.

2. Who is repulsed by the physical deformity that Michael K has?
(a) His mom.
(b) His sister.
(c) His dad.
(d) His brother.

3. Where did Michael K and his mother sleep when he began to realize it might take days for them to reach Prince Albert?
(a) A tree.
(b) Undergrowth near the road.
(c) The hospital lobby.
(d) A checkpoint.

4. After there was an accident on the street with a military vehicle, there was a _________ which caused Michael K and his mother to hide.
(a) Bombing.
(b) Coup.
(c) Fire.
(d) Riot.

5. Why does Anna feel a connection to the town she wants to move to, as answered in #25?
(a) She has relatives there.
(b) She was born there.
(c) Her school is there.
(d) Her father is there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michael K refuse to do when he found out that his mother had died in the hospital?

2. What did Michael K decide to abandon after his encounter with the soldier who took from him?

3. Where does K go instead of going to work the day after his mother tells him that she wants to move?

4. What did Michael K begin to do as he become more and more despondent about his situation?

5. Anna K had worked as a ________ for eight years when she was in Sea Point, which was a suburb.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't K mind the extra burden of taking care of his mother when she was in failing health?

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

3. What hindered K and Anna's movements after there were a number of riots in the area?

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

5. What happened one day at the Buhrmann's apartment while Anna and K were trying to live there?

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

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

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

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

10. What was K going to do with the money that Anna had saved up over the years?

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