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

2. What does Frank press Maria to tell him?

3. When was it that Frank pressed Maria to learn her real name?

4. What confuses Laurence about the hospital office?

5. What topic does Frank try to talk to Laurence about, but Laurence shows no interest in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Frank come to become a doctor?

4. How does Laurence treat all of the patients he sees and how does this make Frank feel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way was Frank driven to ruin Laurence's relationship with Zanele? Do you think Laurence ever knew what happened? Why or why not?

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

How would you describe the character of Frank as being fearful or courageous? Why do you think this way? Compare him to another main character.

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