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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. When Frank stops at Mama's to ask about a room, what does he see there?
(a) Military-looking men in civilian attire.
(b) Maria talking to Mama and a strange man.
(c) Zanele kissing and hugging another man.
(d) Mama passing an envelope of money to a strange man.

2. What does Dr. Ngema want to talk to Frank about?
(a) His idea for the outreach clinic.
(b) How to improve the hospital.
(c) How to get Laurence to quit.
(d) What to do when Tehogo leaves.

3. How was the capital's location decided?
(a) A vote was held.
(b) A war was fought to determine it.
(c) Arbitrarily.
(d) It was the center of the country.

4. What does Frank press Maria to tell him?
(a) How she makes the things she sells.
(b) Her African name.
(c) Whether or not she is married.
(d) How she feels about him.

5. What does Laurence put in the room he rents from Mama for Zanele?
(a) Pictures.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Food and drink.
(d) A bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Frank tell Zanele Laurence would have learned more about life?

2. Why does Maria tell Frank not to come one day?

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

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

5. Which of the following terms best describes how Frank feels at the end of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Franks share with Laurence about the town and the hospital?

2. What happens on Laurence's first morning and how is he feeling?

3. How did Frank come to be stuck at the hospital?

4. What information about herself does Zanele share with Frank?

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

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

7. What confuses Laurence about the hospital?

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

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

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

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