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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. Who relieves the village chief from power?
(a) The government.
(b) No one.
(c) The citizens.
(d) The children.

2. Where does Mthebe work?
(a) Durban.
(b) Pinetown.
(c) Umlazi.
(d) Georgetown.

3. Who is MaBiyela?
(a) Jezile's mother-in-law.
(b) Jezile's sister-in-law.
(c) Jezile's sister.
(d) Jezile's aunt.

4. Why does MaBiyela become angry with the hospital?
(a) Because they did not save the placenta.
(b) Because they delivered the baby too slowly.
(c) Because they charged her too much money.
(d) Because their food is bad.

5. Who owns the cow that eventually feeds S'naye?
(a) Zenzile.
(b) Lungu.
(c) Nosizwe.
(d) MaBiyela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jezile want a child?

2. How often does Jezile see her husband?

3. How does Jezile feel when she returns home?

4. How does Nosizwe react to hearing about Jezile's pass?

5. What does Jezile have to do while in prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jezile.

2. Who does S'naye look like when she is a baby?

3. Describe the conditions of Jezile and Siyalo's first night in Durban.

4. How do women in Jezile's village typically give birth?

5. What are Zenzile's feelings about pregnancy?

6. How does Jezile feel when she realizes she is pregnant?

7. What are some of the preparations Jezile makes to ensure her baby's birth goes smoothly?

8. What happens to Nosizwe's hands while doing hard labor?

9. How does Jezile's relationship with MaBiyela change once she becomes pregnant?

10. What happens while Nosizwe is isolated in her prison cell?

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