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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 a soldier who stopped Michael K on the side of the road take from him?
(a) The cart.
(b) His shoes.
(c) His mother's ashes.
(d) His money.

2. What was Michael K in charge of cleaning when he was a night attendant for the parks service?
(a) A work shed.
(b) Public bathrooms.
(c) The main lobby.
(d) The sidewalks.

3. On what day of the week did Michael K always visit his mother, even when he was working on a regular basis?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) It varied.

4. Where did Anna sit with Michael K in order to wait for the bus to arrive?
(a) In the lobby.
(b) In the waiting room.
(c) By the road.
(d) In her bed.

5. Where does K go instead of going to work the day after his mother tells him that she wants to move?
(a) Train station.
(b) The hospital.
(c) A store.
(d) The border crossing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael K is born with a ________ lip which causes him a number of problems in his life.

2. Where did Michael K and his mother sleep when he began to realize it might take days for them to reach Prince Albert?

3. Michael K finally convinced Anna that he could take her away from the city by means of __________.

4. Michael was not judged to be smart enough for regular school, so he was sent to a special _______ institution.

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 did K enjoy working in solitude during his time with the parks and garden department?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did K go back to working days for the parks and gardens after working nights for a time?

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

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

10. Where was Michael taken when he was found wandering the roads without papers?

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