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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes Frank to be dismayed when he asks Mama about a room?
(a) She will not rent to Laurence.
(b) She calls him her friend.
(c) She refuses to answer him.
(d) She charges him more than she would charge others.

3. What happened to all of the contents of the Brigadier's house?
(a) It has been moved to storage.
(b) It is sitting outside on the lawn.
(c) It is all crammed into one locked room.
(d) It was taken away in three trucks.

4. Who is the Brigadier?
(a) The former, now deposed leader.
(b) The head of the miltary.
(c) The biggest drug lord in the country.
(d) The new militia leader who is trying to overthrow the government.

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

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

7. How many patients do the doctors visit on rounds?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) .6.

8. Which of the following characters had a failed marriage that is revealed in Chapter 3?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Maria.
(c) Frank.
(d) Laurence.

9. How does Frank describe his relationship with Maria?
(a) One of convience.
(b) One where they each satisfy their own needs.
(c) One of deep passionate love.
(d) One that lacks tenderness or kissing.

10. What does Frank call Laurence at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Uninformed.
(b) Persuasive.
(c) Pathetic.
(d) Idealistic.

11. What angers Frank about the place Laurence has chosen to hike to?
(a) It has a militia that does not allow outsiders to enter the village.
(b) It is the most inaccessible village.
(c) It is too far away from where they started.
(d) It is a place that is dangerous with many military officials.

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

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

14. What causes the fighting to stop?
(a) Mrs. Santanders storms out of the room.
(b) Frank knocks on the door.
(c) Mr. Santanders comes into Frank and Laurence's room.
(d) Laurence breaks down the door.

15. Which of the following is the best antonym for the term apathetic?
(a) Bored.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Energetic.
(d) Interested.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What drew Frank to stop and visit Maria the second time?

3. What does Laurence put in the room he rents from Mama for Zanele?

4. Why does Frank leave the house?

5. What does Laurence comment to Frank he wishes he had done previously?

(see the answer keys)

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