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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who set Maria up in her business?

2. What angers Frank about the place Laurence has chosen to hike to?

3. What has Frank started doing again with his nights?

4. What is the setting of the story as it opens?

5. What promise does Frank keep to Laurence in regards to Zanele?

Short Essay Questions

1. What confuses Laurence about the hospital?

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

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

4. What does Laurence invite Frank to do and how does he prepare?

5. Why does Laurence say was the reason he came to the hospital?

6. What does Frank find when he goes for his own walk?

7. Why doesn't Frank mention the patients condition and how does Laurence respond?

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

9. How is Frank physically and emotionally at the end of Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way did the character of Laurence change throughout the novel? Do you think his changes were for the positive or negative? Why do you think that way?

Essay Topic 2

What was the purpose of including the character of Zanele in this story? Why do you think Frank slept with her? Why do you think she broke off her relationship with Laurence by letter? Do you agree with their actions? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Frank feels responsible for Tehogo's condition and what happened to Laurence? Do you think he is responsible? Why or why not?

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