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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 has too much money.
(d) Because he wants to impress his friends.

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

3. How does Jezile get land of her own?
(a) Mabiyela gives it to her.
(b) Jezile saves up money and buys it herself.
(c) Siyalo buys it with his prison wages.
(d) The chief of MaSibiya's village gives it to her.

4. Why does Potgieter ask Jezile to work in his home?
(a) So she can have a place to live.
(b) So she can be a servant to his wife.
(c) So she can earn higher wages.
(d) So she can meet educated people.

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

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

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

8. Why do Jezile and S'naye travel to Ixopo?
(a) To protest new laws.
(b) To get Lungu back from school.
(c) To find new jobs.
(d) To tell Siyalo about what happened.

9. Why does Jezile worry that she will lose her children?
(a) Because people might think she has been unfaithful.
(b) Because people might want to take her land.
(c) Because people might want to make her work far away.
(d) Because people might worry about their quality of living.

10. What happens to S'naye after drinking the stolen cow milk?
(a) She develops an allergic reaction.
(b) Her health improves.
(c) Her health becomes worse.
(d) She dies.

11. Who is Jezile afraid to be alone with?
(a) Mthebe.
(b) Potgieter.
(c) Siyalo.
(d) MaBiyela.

12. What happens to S'naye when Ndondo and Jezile leave?
(a) She is kidnapped.
(b) She is asaulted.
(c) She is murdered.
(d) She is robbed.

13. What does Lungu become?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Banker.

14. Who is the father of Jezile's last child?
(a) Mthebe.
(b) Potgieter.
(c) Counselor Duma.
(d) Siyalo.

15. Who fights back against the military when they invade?
(a) The women.
(b) The men.
(c) No one.
(d) The children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jezile released from prison _____ early.

2. What is Lungu's real name?

3. Who does Jezile live with in Chapter 14?

4. Siyalo sent to prison for ____ years?

5. Why do the police intimidate the community residents?

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