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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Santanders before they came to the hospital?
(a) Soweto.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Sudan.

2. How did the bureaucrats describe the hospital?
(a) As insulting.
(b) As a joke.
(c) As a tool of their enemies.
(d) As the only real hospital.

3. What does Zanele do in Sudan?
(a) She works in a clinic.
(b) She teaches children.
(c) She runs a library.
(d) She translates.

4. What was an item that the hospital had in abundance?
(a) Generators.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Medicines.
(d) Doctors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wakes Laurence and Frank up at night after they return to their room from their hike?

2. Which of the following is the best description of breakfast?

3. Why does Frank leave the house?

4. What would Frank and Laurence share?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Frank goes to visit Maria and asks her to tell him more about her life?

2. What information about Laurence does Zanele correct while she is talking to Frank?

3. How does Frank feel about Zanele's idealism and how does this relate to how he feels about Laurence?

4. Why does Frank believe Dr. Ngema suggested he take Laurence on the full tour?

5. How does Frank feel when he learns more details about the relationship between Mama and Frank?

6. What happened to Frank's wife, Karen?

7. What does Frank offer to do so that Laurence and Zanele can be alone together and how does Laurence respond?

8. How did Frank's feelings about sharing his room change throughout Chapter 1?

9. What was the real reason Laurence was never able to find his parents' grave?

10. What does the hospital have in abundance and what types of things do they have too little of?

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