Life and Times of Michael K Quizzes

Life and Times of Michael K Quiz 1

1 Where is the novel set?
Namibia

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nigeria

South Africa
2 What is the larger social context of the novel?
Apartheid

WWII

Imperialism

WWI
3 What is the fictive social context?
A civil war

A war with a neighboring country

A natural disaster

A disease
4 The narrators are a third-person narrator following K and a first-person narrator, _____.
the Police Officer

the Guard

the Nurse

the Medical Officer
5 What facial feature marks K?
A bad eye

Scarring

Missing teeth

A harelip
6 K spends most of his childhood
with extended family

in a state-run institution

at a boarding school

with his mother
7 Anna works as a
domestic servant

cook

nurse

janitor
8 K's job as an adult is
a cook

a driver

a gardener

a janitor
9 K thinks his purpose in life is
to take care of his mother

to be a gardener

to become a doctor

to escape Sea Point
10 All of the following describe K and Anna's life in Sea Point except
the weather is very rainy and damp

it is increasingly unstable

the room they stay in is small and cramped

the Buhrmanns are cruel to them
11 How do K and Anna have to travel when they decide to leave?
A wagon

A convoy

Walking and the barrow

The train
12 Why are K and his mother turned back on their first attempt?
They are deemed criminals

They have no permits

They have no money

They are the wrong race
13 What happens to Anna?
She takes her own life

She is injured and dies

She falls ill and dies

She abandons K
14 K leaves the hospital with all the following except
his mother's ashes

a permit

the cart

new clothes
15 Who steals K's money?
A man on the road

A police officer

A soldier

A child
16 The first time K is captured, he ends up in
a forced labor gang

a medical camp

a rehabiltation camp

prison
17 What kind of work does K do?
Building barracks

Mending fences

Working in the mines

Clearing rocks from railway tracks
18 Who are the Visagies?
Fellow workers in the labor gang

People K meets on the road

Politicians in Sea Point

Landowners in Prince Albert
19 What is unknown about K?
His father's identity

His intelligence

His race

All of these
20 What animal does K capture and eat?
Goat

Pig

Dog

Cow
21 What does K find pleasure in while at the farm?
Reading

Cultivating

Hunting

Running
22 All of the following are true about the boy who shows up at the farm except
He does not believe K works for the family

He wants K to act as a servant for him

He is the grandson of the Visagies

He is a deserter
23 Where does K live after he leaves the farmhouse?
Down by the dam

Caves in the mountains

A camp

A hideout he constructs
24 In the mountains, all the following occur except
K grows very ill

K regrets having left the farm

K is extremely idle

K only tries to survive
25 Where is K taken after he leaves the hospital?
Kenilworth

Sea Point

Jakkalsdrif

Vrouevereniging

what is the relocation camp that Michael ended up in?

I think that was the Jakkalsdrif relocation camp.

Asked by ayanda z #1189323

Answered by Aslan on 11/7/2021 5:25 PM

In point form, trace every incident in the text which resonates with the concept of the "other''

This is only a short answer space. The entire life of Michael K shows how much personal freedom and freedom of movement are important. The poorer—and, though not explicitly stated, blacker—denizens of South Africa see that their lives and their...

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what starts the riots?

The residents of cape town begins the riots which prevent Michael and his mom from making an easy journey to the farm where she grew up.

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Answered by tracey c #171707 on 9/26/2011 7:21 PM

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