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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Laurence's parents?
(a) They were doing missionary work in Sudan.
(b) They abandoned him and his sister.
(c) They were killed when he was a baby.
(d) They disowned him when he chose to become a doctor.

2. What does Frank find on his own walk after Laurence leaves to find the village?
(a) He finds the village Laurence is looking for.
(b) He finds an abandoned house.
(c) He finds a group of militia heading for the town.
(d) He finds a clear pool of water.

3. What happened to Frank after he told the Commandant that the prisoner would not die yet?
(a) He was asked to take the man to the hospital.
(b) He was forced to prepare the man for further beatings.
(c) He was asked to watch the interrogation.
(d) He was dismissed to his tent.

4. How does Frank feel about Tehogo's presence?
(a) He resents him.
(b) He envies him.
(c) He respects him.
(d) He despises him.

5. What was Frank's only encounter with the Brigadier?
(a) He came to the hospital with chest pains.
(b) He saw him once eating in Mama's.
(c) He was at the hospital when he came in and destroyed many of the rooms.
(d) He met him in the army.

6. Who does Zanele say lied to Laurence when he was a child?
(a) His parents.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

7. How did the bureaucrats describe the hospital?
(a) As insulting.
(b) As a joke.
(c) As the only real hospital.
(d) As a tool of their enemies.

8. Where does Laurence invite Frank to go with him?
(a) Into the neighboring town.
(b) Across the border.
(c) Into the city.
(d) On a hike.

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

10. Why was Dr. Waters coming to the hospital?
(a) To take over the administration.
(b) To reform the procedures at the hospital.
(c) To make judgments as to the effectiveness of the hospital.
(d) To complete a year of community service.

11. What happened to Frank's mother?
(a) She was killed by soldiers.
(b) She died in child birth.
(c) She died of leukemia.
(d) She drowned when he was 10.

12. What question did the Commandant ask Frank about the prisoner?
(a) Was he already dead?
(b) How much more could he take?
(c) How could they make him confess?
(d) Should he be taken to a hospital?

13. What topic does Frank try to talk to Laurence about, but Laurence shows no interest in?
(a) Women.
(b) Politics.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Racial Issues.

14. What happened as soon as all of the buildings that are part of the hospital went up?
(a) The government ran out of funds.
(b) A peasant revolt happened.
(c) The country was invaded by another country.
(d) A military coup happened.

15. Which of the following terms best describes how Frank feels at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Determined.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Surprised.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Santanders before they came to the hospital?

2. Why do the people hate the hospital where Frank and Laurence work?

3. How had the hospital begun?

4. What does Raymond tell Frank about Tehogo?

5. When Maria refuses to tell Frank more about her life what does Frank do?

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