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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. Where is The Mountain Committee based?
(a) In the caves near town.
(b) In the city.
(c) In the hillside.
(d) In the mountains.

2. What does Jezile offer to do for the road crew?
(a) Write poetry.
(b) Mine coal.
(c) Brew beer.
(d) Chop wood.

3. Who begs the women for their political advice?
(a) Mthebe.
(b) Counselor Duma.
(c) Siyalo.
(d) Potgieter.

4. In which season does Jezile finally return to her prayer meetings?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

5. What does the military do to the women of the village?
(a) Steal them.
(b) Hire them.
(c) Rape them.
(d) Marry them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Siyalo believe that the child is his?

2. What finally happens to Counselor Duma and his wife?

3. What happens to S'naye after drinking the stolen cow milk?

4. How do the women of The Mountain Committee contribute?

5. What does Ndondo become while in school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jezile work for the road crew and the white foreman?

2. Why do the soldiers bring the charred bodies of Counselor Duma's family out to the hillside?

3. What does Siyalo look like when Jezile first returns from prison?

4. Describe Siyalo's job after he is released from prison.

5. Why does Jezile feel sad when she looks at S'naye's frilly dress?

6. Why is having multiple babies close together viewed as a bad thing in Jezile's village?

7. How do the women help their men once the raids begin?

8. What are Jezile and MaBiyela's beliefs when it comes to Siyalo's imprisonment?

9. Why does Nomawa stop by Jezile's house at the beginning of Chapter 12?

10. Why does MaBiyela want Ndondo to be baptized?

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