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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lena clean from her toes?
(a) Mud.
(b) Sand.
(c) Rubble.
(d) Sawdust.

2. What does Lena ask Boesman to do instead of hitting her?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Touch her.
(d) Slap her.

3. Which male character in the play is referred to as "colored"?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Lena.
(c) Outa.
(d) Athol.

4. What hurt Lena more than Boesman's beatings?
(a) Telling her he hated her.
(b) Killing her dog.
(c) Killing Outa.
(d) Telling her he was to blame for dropping the bottles.

5. Which Afrikaan phrase means "soaking wet"?
(a) Baas.
(b) Oppas.
(c) Haai.
(d) Pap nat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boesman tells Lena to tell the old man what?

2. What is Lena referring to when she says, "Take your sack, knock on some back doors and it's full in no time"?

3. What does the word "onnooslik" mean?

4. Which character says, "Hotnot and a Kaffer got no time for apartheid on a night like this. We must keep that bit of wood for later"?

5. When does the play take place?

(see the answer key)

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