View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses Laurence about the hospital office?

2. What happened to Laurence's parents?

3. How does the evening between Zanele and Frank end?

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

5. Why did Dr. Ngema think the clinic idea was Frank's not Laurence's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Frank's opinion about the steps Laurence is taking to protect the items at the hospital from looting and how does Laurence respond?

6. What did Laurence insist was the real reason that Frank became a doctor?

7. How did Frank respond to the fact that Laurence rearranged the furniture in their room without asking him?

8. What confuses Laurence about the hospital?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you believe that Dr. Ngema was never truly concerned about Tehogo's theft or lack of ambition at the hospital? Do you think she knew facts that we didn't know? Why do you think that way?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Frank told the Colonel that he had helped him earlier at the end of the novel? Do you think this was an appropriate action? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think that Tehogo is a symbol of in this story? What about Laurence? In what way do you think the author utilizes symbolism in this story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 720 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample