View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Michael was not judged to be smart enough for regular school, so he was sent to a special _______ institution.
(a) Country.
(b) State.
(c) National.
(d) Local.

2. How might Michael K describe the room where her mother was staying for a while?
(a) Rat infested.
(b) Large.
(c) Hot.
(d) Cold.

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

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

5. After the accident, it seems that travel was restricted to the ___________ by the order of the police and government.
(a) Shore.
(b) Library.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Outlying areas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did police put Michael K when they found him on the side of the road without any papers?

2. What did Anna's employers allow her to go on once she became ill?

3. What did Anna have up her nose when she was in the hospital ward on the second day?

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

5. What had collapsed, leaving the train track covered in rocks and other pieces of debris?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Michael decide to use in order to move his mother around, eventually taking her to her beloved destination?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 643 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample