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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Jou moer!"?
(a) A sound of relief.
(b) An obscenity.
(c) An endearment.
(d) A pleasant greeting.

2. How much were the bottles worth that were broken?
(a) Sixpence.
(b) Fivepence.
(c) Tenpence.
(d) Twopence.

3. What does Lena say she'll do once she's got a new name?
(a) Leave Boesman.
(b) Give up dancing.
(c) Become a nun.
(d) Stop singing.

4. What does Lena say that many of Outa's kind have given her and Boesman along the road?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) Bottles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened before when Lena went to the police for Boesman beating her?

2. What does Lena meet the memory of on the old roads?

3. What does Boesman laugh at Lena for?

4. What language does Outa speak?

5. Who says, "You don't like it when somebody else laughs. Well, you laughed at me for nothing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lena say about the birds?

2. How does Boesman realize that Outa is dead?

3. What does Boesman figure out about who they are in relation to the white man?

4. What is Lena's reaction to Boesman's leaving?

5. What is Lena carrying when she enters? How does she carry it?

6. Why does Boesman not assist Lena in taking care of Outa's body?

7. What does Boesman tell Lena regarding the past?

8. What leads to Lena's dancing once Boesman's gone inside the shanty?

9. What does Lena ask to drink from Boesman? What word is this in Afrikaan? In English?

10. What is it that astounds Boesman and Lena about Outa's death?

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