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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Zachariah.
(c) Lena.
(d) Outa.

2. How much wine did Boesman drink?
(a) One bottle.
(b) Half a bottle.
(c) Two bottles.
(d) Three bottles.

3. What does "vies" mean?
(a) Spirited.
(b) Furious.
(c) Happy.
(d) Lively.

4. What does Boesman do to the shelter when Lena says she'll sleep there tonight?
(a) Empties it.
(b) Lights it on fire.
(c) Leaves it.
(d) Knocks it down.

5. What does Lena say God could do with the past day?
(a) Take it back.
(b) Make it better.
(c) Make it happen again.
(d) Rewind it.

6. Why does Lena say that Boesman admitted his wrong?
(a) To ask for forgiveness.
(b) To make her laugh.
(c) To make her send Outa away.
(d) To hurt her again.

7. Who says, "We're the whiteman's rubbish. That's why he's so beneukt with us. He can't get rid of his rubbish"?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Athol.
(c) Lena.
(d) Outa.

8. Boesman says he and Lena crawled in and out of their lean-to like what?
(a) Babboons.
(b) White men.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Monsters.

9. What did Lena do to the dog when Boesman wasn't looking?
(a) Beat it.
(b) Killed it.
(c) Fed it.
(d) Sold it.

10. What does Lena say "hasn't got a hole in it yet"?
(a) Her head.
(b) The blanket.
(c) The bucket.
(d) Her bottle.

11. What does Lena tell the dead man is still happening before his eyes?
(a) The tears.
(b) His life.
(c) Her life.
(d) The world.

12. Where did Boesman work in Missionvale?
(a) The Chinaman's house.
(b) The railroad.
(c) The farm.
(d) The saltpans.

13. What does Boesman say the dead man is?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Diseased.
(c) Good luck.
(d) Cancerous.

14. Where did the child die?
(a) Koetsan.
(b) Veelplaas.
(c) Missionvale.
(d) Redhouse.

15. What does Lena mean when she says "Vuka!" to Outa?
(a) Go away!
(b) Wake up!
(c) I'll beat you!
(d) Stop snoring!

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Outa?

2. What does Lena plan on digging for tomorrow?

3. What does "Outa" mean?

4. What does Lena take off the dead man and throw at Boesman?

5. What does Boesman do after Outa has passed away?

(see the answer keys)

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