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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jezile become angry with Zenzile's family?
(a) Because they took away Zenzile's children.
(b) Because they did not help Zenzile in time.
(c) Because they took all of Zenzile's money.
(d) Because they do not listen to her.

2. Jezile sentenced to prison for ____?
(a) Six months.
(b) One month.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

3. How much time passes between Chapters 4 and 5?
(a) A few months.
(b) A few years.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) A few days.

4. Jezile chops firewood for ____.
(a) Ndondo.
(b) MaBiyela.
(c) Zenzile.
(d) Siyalo.

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

6. When can Siyalo come back into the city?
(a) In five years.
(b) Never.
(c) In 10 years.
(d) In a week.

7. What is Nosizwe's profession?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Painter.

8. Does Jezile realize the circumstances she left S'naye in when she was sent to prison?
(a) Jezile never goes to prison.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) It is never clear.

9. Who is waiting for Jezile when she returns home in Chapter 7?
(a) Lungu.
(b) Siyalo.
(c) MaBieyla.
(d) Zenzile.

10. What happens to Zenzile's unborn child?
(a) Zenzile has no unborn child.
(b) It is never born.
(c) It is born healthy.
(d) It is born stillborn.

11. What happens after Nosizwe is separated from the other women?
(a) She is freed.
(b) She is isolated.
(c) She is murdered.
(d) She is beaten.

12. Why does S'naye have no food while Jezile is in prison?
(a) Because she is a stubborn child.
(b) Because she is used to being breast fed.
(c) Because MaBiyela will not cook.
(d) Because Siyalo is cheap.

13. Who separates Nosizwe from the other women?
(a) The guards.
(b) The government.
(c) Jezile.
(d) The police.

14. How young is S'naye when Jezile is arrested?
(a) Old.
(b) Very young.
(c) Young.
(d) Very old.

15. What does BAD stand for?
(a) Banding Albrite Dorington.
(b) Basic Affairs Department.
(c) Bantu Affairs Department.
(d) Boring Afflicting Danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to S'naye's health while Jezile is away?

2. What kind of personality does Jezile have?

3. Why does the clerk initially refuse to let Jezile visit her husband?

4. Are the women at the protest violent?

5. Why is Siyalo forced out the city?

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