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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Jakob cross out Pieter's name from while the captain watches?

2. Who sees the letter and the money Pieter leaves behind and runs to Slabbert's field to look for Pieter?

3. How many people went on the family picnic that Pieter's dad had announced?

4. In Chapter 27, Apie wants Pieter to talk to Sophie about whom?

5. Who is the father of Stephanie's child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What type of relationship did Pieter and Steyn have? How was this relationship strained? How did this relationship affect the story? How did this relationship push Steyn to destroy Pieter?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the possibility that Pieter's upbringing may be the cause for his two selves and the possibility that his ailing relationships with his father and his wife may be the cause for his eventual involvement with Stephanie. Be specific.

Essay Topic 3

Each character's response to Pieter's involvement with Stephanie reveals something about them. Discuss this unveiling for Kappie, Sophie, Koos, Jakob, Pieter's mother, Vorster, and Pieter's younger sister and the captain.

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