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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the cow that eventually feeds S'naye?
(a) Nosizwe.
(b) Zenzile.
(c) Lungu.
(d) MaBiyela.

2. What happens to S'naye's health while Jezile is away?
(a) It improves.
(b) It stays the same.
(c) Jezile is never away from S'naye.
(d) It degrades.

3. What happens to the pass Jezile got for her trip to visit Siyalo?
(a) It is sold.
(b) It is cooked.
(c) It is torn apart.
(d) It is burned.

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

5. Why does Jezile write a letter to her husband?
(a) To tell him she is coming to visit.
(b) To tell him about Zenzile's new child.
(c) To tell him about the protests in the village.
(d) To tell him she is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jezile have to choose between family and politics?

2. How old is Zenzile when she goes into labor?

3. Why does MaBiyela disapprove of Jezile?

4. Why does Jezile act as a peacekeeper while in prison?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe MaBiyela.

2. How do the women feel when Nosizwe is first separated from them?

3. What are some of the preparations Jezile makes to ensure her baby's birth goes smoothly?

4. Why does Jezile feel jealous of Siyalo at the end of Chapter 7?

5. How does Jezile's relationship with MaBiyela change once she becomes pregnant?

6. Why is Nosizwe separated from the other women while in prison?

7. How does Jezile feel when she is finally able to love Siyalo in privacy while in Durban?

8. What are Zenzile's feelings about pregnancy?

9. What happens while Nosizwe is isolated in her prison cell?

10. Describe Mthebe.

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