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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. Japie tells Pieter that someone wants Stephanie out of Venterspan and keeps hounding him about it. Who is this person?
2. What does Jakob suggest that he and Pieter search for on a trip to the family farm?
3. According to the narrator, great strength calls a man to honor while great _______________ calls a man to dishonor.
4. Where did Pieter put the note he found pinned to his house door?
5. In Chapter 21, who said to Pieter, "duty is duty"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 10, what is going on at Sunday service?
2. In Chapter 4, what details from the story most likely support the narrator's claim that the lieutenant had different thoughts in his mind about things than others like him did?
3. What rugby news does the young dominee telephone Pieter about?
4. Who brought the charge against Pieter and how did he prove it was Pieter?
5. Why does Pieter ask Johannes about Esther?
6. When Pieter finds Sophie in the pantry alone during the birthday party, what happens?
7. How does Nella respond to Pieter once they are home with the kids from her family's farm?
8. After being with Stephanie the first time, why is Pieter terrified by the sound of a twig cracking a note on his door?
9. Who went on the van Vlaanderen family picnic and who went bird watching during this picnic?
10. After hiding the note he found on his door, what are Pieter's thoughts about what he has done with Stephanie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
In Chapters 9 and 31 Stephanie comes before the magistrate. Compare and contrast each appearance and how it affects her life and that of her child. (Include - what brings her into court each time; what happens in court; and immediately following each court appearance).
Essay Topic 3
Several people make decisions in the first few chapters of the story (Pieter, Nella, Dick, Stephanie, Esther). What do these decisions reveal about each of these characters? What do these decisions reveal about the society in which they live? How do any of these decisions serve as an early indicator of what is to come in the story?
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