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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Siyalo become depressed after the rainfall?
(a) Because he is unable to plant and sustain crops.
(b) Because Mthebe comes home from the city.
(c) Because Jezile miscarries her child.
(d) Because Jezile is arrested once more.

2. Why does the clerk initially refuse to let Jezile visit her husband?
(a) Because she has no children.
(b) Because she does not have a pass.
(c) Because she is a political activist.
(d) Because she is not married.

3. Why does MaBiyela disapprove of Jezile?
(a) Because Jezile cheats on her husband.
(b) Because Jezile makes too much money.
(c) Because Jezile is an unkind woman.
(d) Because Jezile has not yet gotten pregnant.

4. What is wrong with Zenzile?
(a) She does not have enough money to feed her children.
(b) She has been hurt by her past pregnancies.
(c) She has miscarried all of her children.
(d) She has been beaten by her husband.

5. How far along in her pregnancy is Jezile at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) At the end.
(b) At the middle.
(c) At the beginning.
(d) Jezile is not pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches S'naye while Jezile is in prison?

2. Where does Mthebe work?

3. How does Jezile obtain firewood?

4. How does Jezile feel when Siyalo does not return home one night?

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

(see the answer key)

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