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

2. What dialect does Fiela speak in Chapter 13?
(a) French.
(b) Dutch.
(c) English.
(d) German.

3. On what notch does Elias return in Chapter 18?
(a) 56.
(b) 44.
(c) 43.
(d) 45.

4. In Chapter 19, when do the winter's rains begin to let up?
(a) October.
(b) November.
(c) December.
(d) September.

5. How many ostriches does Fiela have in Chapter 21?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to make Lukas a pair of trousers in Chapter 19?

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 plants does Benjamin wonder if they are flowering in Wolwekraal?

4. Where does Petrus think the story about Solomon that Fiela is looking for in Chapter 15 is found?

5. How long did Nina sit in the forest after she was let go from a job in the village in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what do Fiela and Dawid bring Benjamin?

2. What detour does Lukas make when he is sent to get Nina in Chapter 22?

3. In Chapter 22, where is Nina, and what does Lukas ask of her?

4. What are Fiela's children doing in Chapter 21?

5. What has Elias's life been like for the last two years in Chapter 20?

6. In Chapter 19, what arrangements does Elias make for Nina, and how does she react?

7. Why do the Komoeties build a shelter, and what type of shelter do they build in Chapter 15?

8. Where did Fiela find shelter on the road, and where does she find shelter in Knysna?

9. What is Benjamin thinking at the beginning of Chapter 12?

10. What does Petrus try to tell Fiela in Chapter 17, to help her make peace about Benjamin?

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