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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. Michael K felt that it was his _______ to take care of his mother when she became ill.
(a) Station.
(b) Promise.
(c) Duty.
(d) Burden.

2. What is NOT one of the things Michael learned while he attended the special school he did?
(a) Digging.
(b) Chopping.
(c) Sweeping.
(d) Scrubbing.

3. Anna K had worked as a ________ for eight years when she was in Sea Point, which was a suburb.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Gardener.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Servant.

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

5. Who told Michael K's mother that his lip would improve and close up over time?
(a) His aunt.
(b) The midwife.
(c) His father.
(d) Her doctor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Michael K when he was able to leave school and get a job that paid him money?

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

4. How long does the clerk say that it might take for Michael K to hear about his paperwork?

5. What was wrong with Anna that Michael K decided that she needed to be taken to a hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did K have to fend off in the morning after he and his mother spent the night sleeping in some undergrowth?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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