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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Frank still wear his wedding ring?
(a) He needs to keep up the lie with Maria.
(b) He still loves his wife.
(c) He wants others to think he is married.
(d) His divorce is not final yet.

2. How does Laurence seem on his first morning when he is to meet Dr. Negema?
(a) Determined.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Surprised.
(d) Distraught.

3. What is the setting of the story as it opens?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Government building.
(c) Home.
(d) School.

4. Where were the Santanders before they came to the hospital?
(a) Sudan.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Soweto.
(d) South Africa.

5. How did Laurence meet his girlfriend?
(a) He met her when she was doing famine relief work.
(b) He has known her since they were both children.
(c) He met her while they were both studying to be doctors.
(d) He met her at the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Frank suggest Laurence room with instead of him?

2. Why does Maria tell Frank not to come one day?

3. Sometimes when Frank and Maria were together what comforted him?

4. How long had Dr. Ngema been at the hospital when Frank arrived?

5. How many patients do the doctors visit on rounds?

(see the answer key)

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