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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the evening between Zanele and Frank end?
(a) The colonel interrupts and takes Frank away.
(b) The spend the entire night talking about life and Laurence.
(c) Zanele curses at Frank and runs off to her room.
(d) They end up together in Zanele's room having sex.

2. From what was the young illegal immigrant patient suffering?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Appendicitis.
(c) Dehydration.
(d) Cancer.

3. What has Frank started doing again with his nights?
(a) Drinking in town.
(b) Studying new medical techniques.
(c) Visiting Maria.
(d) Helping Laurence around the hospital.

4. How does Frank feel about Laurence's idea about the village?
(a) He doesn't understand Laurence at all.
(b) He thinks it is crazy.
(c) He doesn't approve of the idea.
(d) He supports the idea.

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

6. How long has Frank been working at this hospital?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 years.

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

8. Where does Frank tell Zanele Laurence would have learned more about life?
(a) At an orphanage.
(b) In the trenches.
(c) Working in the city hospital.
(d) Doing community service.

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

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

11. Who set Maria up in her business?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

12. Why does Laurence padlock the door at the end of the hallway?
(a) To keep the patients safe.
(b) To prevent looting.
(c) To give Frank and himself privacy.
(d) To protect Frank from Maria's husband.

13. What does Laurence profess to Frank at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) His relief.
(b) His honesty.
(c) His loyalty.
(d) His friendship.

14. Why does Frank lie to Maria?
(a) To protect her from others.
(b) To keep his two lives separate.
(c) To ensure his own privacy.
(d) To keep others from knowning about her.

15. What does Raymond tell Frank about Tehogo?
(a) He will be leaving to attend medical school.
(b) He will be moving in with Raymond in a month.
(c) He will be leaving in a couple of months for a good job.
(d) He will be taking over a new room at the hospital next week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Laurence looking at when Frank returns from visiting Maria?

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

3. What would Frank and Laurence share?

4. Why doesn't Laurence go for a swim in the water with Frank?

5. What happens to Frank as he thinks about his memories related to Colonel Moller?

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