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

2. In Chapter 19 after beams are taken to Deep Walls a month after the first load, who goes to the village to buy food?
(a) Willem.
(b) Elias.
(c) Kristoffel.
(d) Lukas.

3. When does the forester plan to come to see Elias in Chapter 16?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

4. When is Dawid buried?
(a) March 1881.
(b) June 1881.
(c) April 1881.
(d) May 1881.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the ghost ship from in Chapter 23?

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

3. In Chapter 12, what does the girl offer Benjamin to eat?

4. What plants does Benjamin wonder if they are flowering in Wolwekraal?

5. In Chapter 21, how long has Benjamin been gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 15, why does Fiela return to Knysna?

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

3. Why does a forester visit with Elias and Barta in Chapter 16, and what does he learn?

4. In Chapter 14, what happens when Nina returns after she runs off?

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

6. What progress is being made with Elias's work in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 12, what plans do Benjamin and Nina make?

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