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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. Where did K pay his rent though he said that he would not be coming back?
(a) Hostel.
(b) Apartment.
(c) Hospital.
(d) The garden society.

2. How long does the clerk say that it might take for Michael K to hear about his paperwork?
(a) He doesn't tell him about paperwork.
(b) 2 years.
(c) One week.
(d) 2 months.

3. What did Michael K start working after he was attacked during a night shift at his job?
(a) Weekends only.
(b) He stopped working completely.
(c) Afternoons.
(d) Days.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Michael K notice about himself even though he had not eaten in a few days?

2. For whose department did Michael K work when he was finally able to find work?

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

4. At what apartments did Anna K work for the duration of her eight years of employment?

5. What is NOT one of the things Michael learned while he attended the special school he did?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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