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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jezile while she is living at Potgieter's home?
(a) She is arrested.
(b) She is murdered.
(c) She is raped.
(d) She is freed.

2. What is Jezile's financial state at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) She is rich.
(b) She is comfortable.
(c) Jezile's financial state does not change.
(d) She is poor.

3. Who begs the women for their political advice?
(a) Potgieter.
(b) Mthebe.
(c) Siyalo.
(d) Counselor Duma.

4. What happens to Lungu while he is at school?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is stabbed.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is hired.

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

6. Why does Jezile save money for Lungu?
(a) So he can buy new clothes.
(b) So he can go to boarding school.
(c) So he can go live with his father.
(d) So he can have a home of his own.

7. What does Jezile build for Counselor Duma?
(a) A house.
(b) A car port.
(c) A barn.
(d) A shed.

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

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

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

11. What is The Mountain Committee?
(a) A group of people who fight back and create their own government.
(b) A group of farmers who live on the ruined land and grow corn.
(c) A group of farmers who raise cattle for milk.
(d) A group of people who protest against animal testing.

12. What does the military do to the women of the village?
(a) Marry them.
(b) Rape them.
(c) Hire them.
(d) Steal them.

13. What is different about Jezile's youngest child?
(a) He is half Asian.
(b) He is half American Indian.
(c) He is half white.
(d) He is half Latino.

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

15. Where is Jezile encouraged to get a job?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At the local bakery.
(c) In Siyalo's friend's home.
(d) In Counselor Guma's garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jezile obtain firewood?

2. What is being stolen from the white man's cows?

3. What type of personality does Chief Siyapi have?

4. Who is Jezile afraid to be alone with?

5. Who does Jezile live with in Chapter 14?

(see the answer keys)

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