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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. What does Jezile present the doctor with?
(a) A crisp hundred dollar bill.
(b) A pass.
(c) A forged note.
(d) A bottle of pills.

2. Where is Jezile taken after the protest?
(a) Ixopo.
(b) Pietermaritzburg.
(c) Tripoli.
(d) Durban.

3. What happens to Zenzile?
(a) She delivers her own baby.
(b) She dies.
(c) She goes to nursing school.
(d) She falls asleep.

4. What is Jezile afraid of when she goes into labor.
(a) Losing her shape.
(b) Losing her life.
(c) Losing her money.
(d) Losing her privacy.

5. What time of day does Zenzile go into labor?
(a) Zenzile never goes into labor.
(b) Day.
(c) Night.
(d) Midday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jezile give Zenzile in Chapter 4?

2. Who owns the cow that eventually feeds S'naye?

3. What happens to the cow which feeds S'naye?

4. Who is Jezile?

5. Are the women at the protest violent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe MaBiyela.

2. Why can Jezile only see Siyalo for a few days out of the year?

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

4. How do women in Jezile's village typically give birth?

5. How does Jezile feel when she realizes she is pregnant?

6. Describe Mthebe.

7. What signals Jezile that she might be pregnant while in prison?

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

9. Why does Jezile travel to Ixopo at the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

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