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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many elephants chase Elias in Chapter 19?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. In Chapter 18, what type of tree does Elias tell Benjamin to climb?
(a) Mahogany.
(b) Yellowwood.
(c) Stinkwood.
(d) Palm.

3. In Chapter 24, how many sweet potatoes does Elias pay to learn a way to get past the elephants?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

4. In Chapter 12, how old is Malie?
(a) Almost 40.
(b) 38.
(c) 46.
(d) Almost 50.

5. What is the cost of a marriage fee?
(a) 1 pound.
(b) 4 pounds.
(c) 3 pounds.
(d) 2 pounds.

6. What type of tree does Nina say that she is not even sure baboons can climb?
(a) Lavender-leaved croton.
(b) Kalander.
(c) Lebombo wattle.
(d) Red-heart.

7. How many elephants did Elias run into when he went to collect Nina's first wages in Chapter 20?
(a) 6.
(b) 11.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

8. What plants does Benjamin wonder if they are flowering in Wolwekraal?
(a) Yellow clivia.
(b) Grandiflora.
(c) Blue Iris.
(d) Arum lily.

9. At the end of Chpater 13, what disease does Fiela remember nursing Benjamin through a fever?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Measles.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Chicken pox.

10. In Chapter 12, what does the girl offer Benjamin to eat?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Banana.
(c) Sweet potato.
(d) Bread.

11. How many lashes does the Outeniqua say in Chapter 13 say that the magistrate gave him for being drunk?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

12. When Fiela gets up in the morning in Chapter 13, how many oxen does she see?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

13. What size is the shelter the Komoeties build for the ostriches?
(a) 8 feel long and 8 feet high.
(b) 10 feet long and 10 feet high.
(c) 12 feet long and 12 feet high.
(d) 5 feet long and 5 feet high.

14. What is the name of the man Malie remembers pitched a ten right next to her house when they were living at Platbos Peak?
(a) Ditmer.
(b) Victorin.
(c) Eduart.
(d) Cornelius.

15. In Chapter 12, how much doe sthe man from Long Kloof pay for beams?
(a) 2 and a sixpence.
(b) 8 and a sixpence.
(c) 5 and a sixpence.
(d) 4 and a sixpence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what is the name of the girl Willem is interested in?

2. What day of the week does Petrus return and tell Fiela that Benjamin will be staying in the forest in Chapter 17?

3. What is Lukas's favorite place in the forest in Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 16, how many times does Elias remember that a man named Frans had his house damaged by elephants?

5. In Chapter 12, who is the first person to notice that Elias has put Nina to work on the beams?

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