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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. What does Ngema suggest Frank take Waters on?

2. Which of the following is the best descriptor for the character, Dr. Elf?

3. How does Frank feel about Laurence's idea about the village?

4. What happened to Frank after he told the Commandant that the prisoner would not die yet?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Frank suggests they stop and eat after swimming and what new information does Laurence reveal about their mission?

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Laurence want to hike to this particular village?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

In what way did Frank reverse his role with Tehogo in the story? Do you think this role reversal helped Frank as a character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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