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

2. Does Jezile share her experiences about the city riots with the women?
(a) A little.
(b) Yes.
(c) There were no riots.
(d) No.

3. Who is waiting for Jezile when she returns home in Chapter 7?
(a) Zenzile.
(b) Siyalo.
(c) MaBieyla.
(d) Lungu.

4. Which city is nearest to Jezile's village?
(a) Ixopo.
(b) Cape Cod.
(c) Durban.
(d) Pinetown.

5. Does Jezile realize the circumstances she left S'naye in when she was sent to prison?
(a) It is never clear.
(b) Jezile never goes to prison.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mthebe work?

2. Why do officials of BAD visit?

3. What is the name of Jezile's first child?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the officials of BAD like?

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

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

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

5. Describe Nosizwe.

6. What are some of the hardships Siyalo, MaBiyela, and S'naye experience while Jezile is in prison?

7. What are Zenzile's feelings about pregnancy?

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

9. Describe the conditions of Jezile and Siyalo's first night in Durban.

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

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