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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ngema tell Frank that Laurence cannot room with Tehogo?
(a) Because he already has a roommate.
(b) Because he is not a doctor.
(c) Because they are of opposite races.
(d) Because she has already made her decision.

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

3. Why did Frank originally come to the hospital?
(a) To learn about rural illnesses.
(b) He was ordered to work there by the government.
(c) To help the poor.
(d) To take over for Dr. Ngema.

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

5. What did Laurence do to the room he shares with Frank, that made Frank unhappy?
(a) Brought in his own personal items.
(b) Rearranged the furniture.
(c) Painted the walls.
(d) Hung pictures and paintings on the walls.

6. Where does Frank take Laurence before they go to see Ngema?
(a) On a tour of the town.
(b) For breakfast.
(c) To meet some of the other doctors.
(d) To see patients.

7. What does Frank think will happen when he returns after dark to be with Maria?
(a) The police will arrest him.
(b) She will refuse to let him into her home.
(c) People will be lying in wait to hurt him.
(d) She will have disappeared.

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

9. What question does Laurence continually avoid?
(a) Why did he become a doctor?
(b) Why did he come to the hospital?
(c) When will he be leaving the hospital?
(d) What does he hope to learn at the hospital?

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

11. What drew Frank to stop and visit Maria the second time?
(a) The items she had displayed outside.
(b) Her misspelled sign.
(c) Her kind nature in helping him previously.
(d) Her beauty.

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

13. How did Frank feel about having to share with Laurence?
(a) He was not happy.
(b) He was ambivalent to it.
(c) He was extremely angry at the prospect.
(d) He was excited to have someone to talk to.

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

15. What was Frank's only encounter with the Brigadier?
(a) He met him in the army.
(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 came to the hospital with chest pains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Laurence wear that others do not?

3. How does Laurence feel about Frank's attitude regarding Laurence's ideas about the village?

4. Why does Frank leave the house?

5. Which of the following terms best describes what happened to the hospital when furniture was stolen and the sinks were pulled from the walls?

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