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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. What does Ockie wear when they drive Amor to her home after she learns her mother has died?

2. How many cookbooks has Tannie Marina published?

3. Who does Anton sneak off to see in the Triumph after he returns home for his mother's funeral?

4. What book does the shomer have in his hand while an elderly woman works on Rachel's body?

5. What job did Oom Ockie retire from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Amor feeling at the beginning of the book?

2. How does Manie sleep the night his wife dies?

3. What does Anton tell Salome he wants to do when he is done with the army?

4. What does Salome do instead of going to the funeral?

5. What does Amor do in the bathroom at her aunt and uncle's house?

6. What does Anton decide to do when he returns to the military base?

7. Who prepares Rachel's body for burial and how?

8. Where is the Swart farm, and why it is not a real farm?

9. How does Marina feel as she supervises Salome?

10. Who is Wessel and what does he do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in The Promise? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Salome is a Black woman who works for the Swarts. How does racism affect Salome in The Promise?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in The Promise? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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