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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first letter that Ducane opens from?
(a) Fivey.
(b) Kate.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Judy.

2. What does Richard promise to stop doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Lying.
(c) Being untidy.
(d) Having affairs.

3. What does Mary ask Ducane about?
(a) The cave.
(b) His relationship with Kate.
(c) His love life.
(d) His police work.

4. Who is sitting with Mary on the boat?
(a) Paula and Willy.
(b) Kate and Octavian.
(c) Willy and Theo.
(d) Theo and Barbara.

5. What foreign city did Kate and Octavian go for their vacation?
(a) New York.
(b) Tangier.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Johanesburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets married at the end of the book?

2. Who does Julie hear arriving downstairs?

3. What does Ducane tell Judy to do?

4. What was Richard doing while Paula was talking to Eric?

5. Where does Ducane go while Judy gets dressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Ducane's attitude towards Biranne changed?

2. What do the three women write in their letters to Ducane?

3. Why does Binally say he tampered with Radeechy's body?

4. What does Eric write in his letter to Pala?

5. How did Richard amputate Eric's leg?

6. What does Willy tell Mary in this chapter?

7. How does Ducane help Biranne in chapter 37?

8. Why does Mary think she is in a terrible position?

9. How does Ducane react to Judy's advances?

10. How do Pierce and Ducane get themselves above the tideline?

(see the answer keys)

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