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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fiela first returned to Wolwekraal after going to Knysna, how many days did she spend in bed?

2. What dialect does Fiela speak in Chapter 13?

3. In Chapter 20, how long does Elias remember that it took a cow to find a man at Karatara who shot a calf and trample him to death?

4. In Chapter 19, where does Nina get the dress she wears to work in the village?

5. In Chapter 19, what bird do Lukas and Nina hear when they are in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Elias pay Han Oukas 10 sweet potatoes?

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

4. What is Elias's latest plan to trap an elephant for its tusks in Chapter 16?

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

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

7. Why did Pace, the shopkeeper at Uniondale take the church to court?

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

9. What happens when Petrus talks to the magistrate about Benjamin?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Life with the van Rooyens is very different from what Benjamin is used to. How is Benjamin’s life with the Van Rooyens different from what he is used to? How does Benjamin have to adapt to his new life?

Essay Topic 2

The Komoetie family is more prosperous than the Laghaan family. Why is the Komoetie family more prosperous than the Laghaan family? What is revealed about the value of hard work by contrasting the two families?

Essay Topic 3

Elias is always wanting to make more money with minimum effort. Why does Elias decide he can make money from the elephants? How does his obsession with the elephants backfire?

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