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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. On the day of Rachel's death, what do Manie and Ockie do after everyone else leaves and only family is left?
(a) Watch TV.
(b) Go outside for a smoke and a drink.
(c) Read the paper.
(d) Listen to the radio.

2. What does Tannie Marina offer Amor when they get in the car and leave the school?
(a) Rusk.
(b) Oatmeal raisin cookie.
(c) Shortbread cookie.
(d) Chocolate chip cookie.

3. What breaks in Amor's room when she goes to change after going into her mother's empty room?
(a) Sea shell.
(b) Picture.
(c) Hand mirror.
(d) Tortoise shell.

4. What type of dog do Marina and Ockie have?
(a) Shih Tzu.
(b) Chihuahua.
(c) Poodle.
(d) Dachshund.

5. How long has Amor lived at the hostel waiting for her mother to die?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of car is Tannie Marina when she picks Amor up from school?

2. How many outside doors are on the Swart house?

3. What does Tannie Marina recite under her breath during Rachel's funeral?

4. How old is Wessel?

5. How old is Anton when his mother dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anton tell Salome he wants to do when he is done with the army?

2. What does the Laubscher house and yard look like?

3. Who is Wessel and what does he do?

4. What happens when Anton tells Lexington to take the shorter route home?

5. After meeting with the Rabbi regarding Rachel's funeral, what does Manie do at the farm?

6. Who prepares Rachel's body for burial and how?

7. What do Manie and Ockie do after the family is alone at the house?

8. Why do Amor and her aunt and uncle have to take a different road from usual to Amor's house?

9. How have Amor's aunt and uncle changed and prepared themselves to take her home after she learns her mother died?

10. How does Rachel's spirit linger around the house in a state of confusion?

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