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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is MaNgidi?
(a) Counselor Duma's sister.
(b) Counselor Duma's aunt.
(c) Counselor Duma's mother.
(d) Counselor Duma's wife.

4. Why is Jezile shocked when she returns home?
(a) Because her land has been sold.
(b) Because Siyalo has left her.
(c) Because S'naye is in such poor condition.
(d) Because Zenzile is alive.

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

6. Who is Ndondo?
(a) Jezile's new baby.
(b) Zenzile's lost child.
(c) Siyalo's mistress.
(d) MaBieyla's other daughter.

7. How does Jezile feel when Siyalo does not return home one night?
(a) Shamed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Proud.
(d) Confused.

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

9. Why do the police intimidate the community residents?
(a) Because of an episode with Chief Siyapi.
(b) Because they continue to ruin the land.
(c) Because Jezile is a leader.
(d) Because the residents refuse to pay taxes.

10. What happens when Siyalo is released from prison?
(a) Jezile's daughters go to work.
(b) Jezile's daughters are taken away.
(c) Jezile's daughters are married off.
(d) Jezile's daughters run away.

11. Who is with Jezile when she gives birth to her second child?
(a) Siyalo.
(b) Zenzile.
(c) MaBiyela.
(d) No one.

12. What does Ndondo become while in school?
(a) A hall monitor.
(b) An activist.
(c) A teacher's aid.
(d) A tutor.

13. Jezile takes a train to ____ in Chapter 12.
(a) Pinetown.
(b) Bloemfontein.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Cape Town.

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

15. Wo claims Jezile is unfaithful to her husband?
(a) Lungu.
(b) MaBiyela.
(c) Nosizwe.
(d) Zenzile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is The Mountain Committee?

2. Why does Jezile lose weight during her pregnancy?

3. Who informs Jezile of Ndondo's presence in the country?

4. How long does Jezile work for the road crew?

5. What does Lungu become?

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