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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. When Anton stops at an ATM after apologizing to Alwyn, how much money is in his account?

2. What is Astrid driving when she is kidnapped?

3. How old is Father Batty?

4. Where do Dean and Astrid live?

5. Where does Anton think that Amor is when their father dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the detectives who are handling Astrid's murder know about and think of Jake, her husband?

2. When does Manie die, and where are the family when he passes on?

3. When Amor is driven to the farm, what does she see at the spot where the farm begins?

4. Why does Desiree arrange for Jake to talk to a medium, and how successful is the visit?

5. How does Astrid like to spend the hour or two after her shift ends?

6. Does Amor agree with Susan that her job is not good for her?

7. Where does Anton think that his wife, Desiree, is when he comes home from identifying Astrid's body?

8. Where does Jake live and what is the area like?

9. Why and how does Amor leave early after Astrid's funeral?

10. What has Anton been doing since he deserted the army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An inciting incident is an event in literature that begins the action of a story, and presents a question that the protagonists and readers want an answer to. What are the inciting incidents in the first two sections of The Promise? What do these events trigger? How do they affect characters and their paths?

Essay Topic 2

South African government and politics change over time in The Promise. What changes are there in South Africa from the opening of the book to the end of the book? How does the end of apartheid change the lives of characters?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Promise? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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