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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is different about Jezile's youngest child?
(a) He is half American Indian.
(b) He is half Latino.
(c) He is half white.
(d) He is half Asian.

2. Who is Ndondo?
(a) Jezile's new baby.
(b) MaBieyla's other daughter.
(c) Siyalo's mistress.
(d) Zenzile's lost child.

3. How does Potgieter's wife treat Jezile when they first meet?
(a) Cruelly.
(b) Curiously.
(c) Kindly.
(d) Neutrally.

4. What will most likely happen to Jezile as result of her murdering a man?
(a) She will be let go out of self defense.
(b) She will be praised as a hero.
(c) She will be cast out of society.
(d) She will be sent to prison or killed.

5. What happens to Siyalo at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) He is hired.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is promoted.

6. When is Ndondo baptized?
(a) When she is a teenager.
(b) Never.
(c) At birth.
(d) When she is one year old.

7. Where is Lungu sent to school?
(a) Ixopo.
(b) Durma.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Pinetown.

8. Who tells Jezile about the road crew that sets up near the village?
(a) Zenzile.
(b) Counselor Duma.
(c) Momawa.
(d) Mthebe.

9. Why does Jezile lose weight during her pregnancy?
(a) Because she goes on a diet.
(b) Because she is unable to purchase food.
(c) Because she becomes a vegetarian.
(d) Because she is forced to work.

10. Who discovers Jezile's pregnancy first?
(a) MaBiyela.
(b) Mthebe.
(c) Nosizwe.
(d) Siyalo.

11. Who do the people no longer trust by Chapter 11?
(a) Potgieter.
(b) Counselor Duma.
(c) Zenzile.
(d) Jezile.

12. In which season does Jezile finally return to her prayer meetings?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

13. What does Ndondo become while in school?
(a) A tutor.
(b) A teacher's aid.
(c) A hall monitor.
(d) An activist.

14. Who does Jezile live with in Chapter 14?
(a) Siyalo.
(b) Potgieter.
(c) MaSibiya.
(d) Zenzile.

15. What does Jezile build for Counselor Duma?
(a) A shed.
(b) A barn.
(c) A car port.
(d) A house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jezile feel when she learns of the theft from the white man's cows?

2. What happens when Siyalo is released from prison?

3. What happens to Jezile while she is living at Potgieter's home?

4. Who informs Jezile of Ndondo's presence in the country?

5. How does Jezile feel when Siyalo does not return home one night?

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