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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. Why does the clerk initially refuse to let Jezile visit her husband?
(a) Because she is a political activist.
(b) Because she has no children.
(c) Because she does not have a pass.
(d) Because she is not married.

2. Why is Siyalo forced out the city?
(a) Because he talks back to officials.
(b) Because he is not married.
(c) Because he is unable to find a new job.
(d) Because he has no where to live.

3. What does BAD stand for?
(a) Basic Affairs Department.
(b) Bantu Affairs Department.
(c) Boring Afflicting Danger.
(d) Banding Albrite Dorington.

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

5. What do the women decide to do when they learn of the passes they are to receive?
(a) They vow to treasure them.
(b) They vow to agree to the terms.
(c) They vow to not accept them.
(d) They vow to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women do to the passes they already have?

2. Why do officials of BAD visit?

3. When did Jezile last have relations with Siyalo?

4. How does MaBiyela feel after the birth of her first grandchild?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jezile have a difficult time doing her duties?

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

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

4. What are Zenzile's feelings about pregnancy?

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

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

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

8. Describe Nosizwe.

9. Describe MaBiyela.

10. Who does S'naye look like when she is a baby?

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