2. To what position was Dr. Ngema supposed to be promoted?
(a) Position in the department of health.
(b) Position in the government.
(c) Position at the better hospital.
(d) Position in another country.

3. Why doesn't Laurence go for a swim in the water with Frank?
(a) He tells Frank that he is afraid of the water.
(b) He does not want to get wet.
(c) He thinks the monitor is a crocodile.
(d) He doesn't know how to swim.

4. With which of the following literary devices does Chapter 2 open?
(a) Flashback.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

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

6. Which of the following is the best descriptor for the character, Dr. Elf?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Comical.
(c) Defiant.
(d) Cynical.

7. Which of the following is the best description of breakfast?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Relaxed.
(c) Formal.
(d) Uncomfortable.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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 asked to watch the interrogation.
(c) He was forced to prepare the man for further beatings.
(d) He was dismissed to his tent.