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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who discovers Jezile's pregnancy first?
(a) Siyalo.
(b) Mthebe.
(c) Nosizwe.
(d) MaBiyela.

2. What time of day do Ndondo, S'naye, and Jezile have their reunion?
(a) Evening.
(b) Night.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Morning.

3. What time of year does Jezile have her third child?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

4. Who do the people no longer trust by Chapter 11?
(a) Counselor Duma.
(b) Jezile.
(c) Potgieter.
(d) Zenzile.

5. Why does Potgieter attempt to win Jezile's affections?
(a) Because he wants a friend.
(b) Beacuse he feels bad about what happened to her.
(c) Because he is bored and has nothing else to do.
(d) Because he wants to make his wife jealous.

6. Who finds a lawyer at Jezile and MaBiyela's request?
(a) Nosizwe.
(b) Lundu.
(c) Siyalo
(d) Counselor Duma.

7. Whose home do the people of the village burn down?
(a) Mthebe.
(b) Chief Siyapi.
(c) Jezile.
(d) MaBiyela.

8. Why does Potgieter give gifts to Jezile?
(a) Because his wife does not accept them.
(b) Because he thinks he loves her.
(c) Because he wants to impress his friends.
(d) Because he has too much money.

9. Who steals from the white man's cows?
(a) Zenzile.
(b) MaBiyela.
(c) Counselor Duma.
(d) Siyalo.

10. Where is Lungu sent to school?
(a) Durma.
(b) Ixopo.
(c) Pinetown.
(d) Cape Town.

11. Siyalo sent to prison for ____ years?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Twenty years.

12. What type of personality does Chief Siyapi have?
(a) Haughty.
(b) Boring.
(c) Frigid.
(d) Warm.

13. How much money is left after Jezile purchases the needed goods for her children?
(a) Plenty.
(b) Almost none.
(c) None.
(d) A fair amount.

14. What finally happens to Counselor Duma and his wife?
(a) They are murdered.
(b) They are run out of town.
(c) They are flown to a secret island.
(d) They are taken to Ixopo.

15. How does Siyalo feel about his inability to work?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy.
(c) Shamed.
(d) Relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chaper 11, Jezile befriends ____.

2. What happens to Lungu while he is at school?

3. Whom does Jezile murder?

4. Why is the military called to the village?

5. What is The Mountain Committee?

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