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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 are the border patrol soldiers assigned to do?

2. What would Frank and Laurence share?

3. Who does Frank say created the town?

4. What confuses Laurence about the hospital office?

5. How long does Maria say that she has been where she is?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ngema respond to Laurence and how does this affect Laurence?

3. What is one thing Laurence does to help to improve the appearance of the grounds of the hospital?

4. What does Frank understand about the reason that Ngema says it is inappropriate for Frank to share rooms with Tehogo?

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

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

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

8. What information about Laurence does Zanele correct while she is talking to Frank?

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

10. What happens the next time Maria and Frank are together after she warned Frank not to come because her husband would be in town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize Laurence's morality? How does this compare to Frank's morality? Is there a right and wrong when it comes to morality? Why do you feel that way?

Essay Topic 2

How do you think Frank really feels about Maria? What clues are there in his actions that lead you to that conclusion? Do you think his feelings are justified? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Do you think that Frank's guilt throughout the story is well deserved? Why do you think that? Would you have acted the same way as Frank did? Why or why not?

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