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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frank admit to Maria about Laurence?
(a) He is crazy.
(b) They are friends.
(c) Dr. Ngema is trying to get him fired.
(d) He wishes Laurence had never come.

2. What wakes Laurence and Frank up at night after they return to their room from their hike?
(a) The Santanders fighting.
(b) The sounds of violence outside of the hospital.
(c) Maria calling for Frank.
(d) Dr. Ngema asking for help with a patient.

3. How does Laurence feel about Frank's attitude regarding Laurence's ideas about the village?
(a) He is angered.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is offended.

4. What is the setting of the story as it opens?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Government building.
(c) School.
(d) Home.

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

6. What confuses Laurence about the hospital office?
(a) The choice of colors.
(b) The lack of medical equipment.
(c) The small nature of surroundings.
(d) Its unkempt office.

7. What happens to Frank as he thinks about his memories related to Colonel Moller?
(a) He begins making a scene in Mama's and scares Zanele.
(b) He leaves the restaurant immediately.
(c) He begins to tremble and can't eat.
(d) He walks over and reaquaints himself with the Colonel.

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

9. Which of the following is an appropriate synonym for the term austere as used in the following sentence: The bedroom was austere.
(a) Grave.
(b) Fussy.
(c) Plain.
(d) Severe.

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

11. What surprises Frank about Zanele?
(a) She is unattractive.
(b) She does not seem to be in love with Laurence.
(c) She does not speak English.
(d) She is American.

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

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

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

15. Why does Frank still wear his wedding ring?
(a) His divorce is not final yet.
(b) He still loves his wife.
(c) He wants others to think he is married.
(d) He needs to keep up the lie with Maria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Frank been working at this hospital?

2. Sometimes when Frank and Maria were together what comforted him?

3. Which word best describes how Laurence treats every patient he sees?

4. When Maria refuses to tell Frank more about her life what does Frank do?

5. How long does Maria say that she has been where she is?

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