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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 happens when Jezile returns home?
(a) She is met with boredom.
(b) She is met with fanfare.
(c) She never returns home.
(d) She is met with distain.

2. How early does Zenzile go into labor?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Five days.
(d) One month.

3. Where does Jezile give birth?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Zenzile's house.
(c) The woods.
(d) The chief's home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Nosizwe lecture Jezile?

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

4. What time of day does Zenzile go into labor?

5. What does Jezile discover while in prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the people of the village react to the exile of Chief Siyoka?

3. Describe Zenzile.

4. How does Jezile feel when she returns home?

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

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

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

8. How does Jezile react to Zenzile's death from childbirth?

9. Why do the women sing hymns while in prison?

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

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