View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The country was invaded by another country.
(c) A military coup happened.
(d) A peasant revolt happened.

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

3. What does Dr. Ngema want from Laurence?
(a) She wants him to replace Frank.
(b) She wants him to leave.
(c) She wants him to take her job.
(d) She wants him to find patients.

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

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

6. How had the hospital begun?
(a) As a Christian missionary project.
(b) As a human services project.
(c) As a project of the first chief minister.
(d) As a red cross mission.

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

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

9. Why did Laurence want to go to the village?
(a) He was looking for a girl he once knew.
(b) He wanted to see the conditions they lived in.
(c) He needed to do some physical activity.
(d) He wanted to move there.

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

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 a place that is dangerous with many military officials.
(c) It is the most inaccessible village.
(d) It is too far away from where they started.

12. What promise does Frank keep to Laurence in regards to Zanele?
(a) He keeps other people away from Zanele.
(b) He tells Zanele the history of the hospital.
(c) He takes her out to dinner while Laurence works.
(d) He takes Laurence's shift so Laurence can go out with Zanele.

13. How long does Maria say that she has been where she is?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

14. What does Frank think was his true motivation in becoming a doctor?
(a) To help people.
(b) To impress his father.
(c) To help others like no one could help his mother.
(d) To open new opportunities and doors.

15. Which of the following terms best describes what happened to the hospital when furniture was stolen and the sinks were pulled from the walls?
(a) Plundered.
(b) Lost.
(c) Destroyed.
(d) Burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Frank and Laurence share?

2. Which of the following is an appropriate synonym for the term austere as used in the following sentence: The bedroom was austere.

3. From what was the young illegal immigrant patient suffering?

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

5. What does Zanele tell Frank about his relationship with Laurence?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 554 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample