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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 buy with the money she earns?
(a) Powered milk.
(b) Sharp cheese.
(c) Fresh bread.
(d) Sweet tea.

2. What happens to Jezile while she is living at Potgieter's home?
(a) She is arrested.
(b) She is murdered.
(c) She is raped.
(d) She is freed.

3. Why does Potgieter give gifts to Jezile?
(a) Because he wants to impress his friends.
(b) Because he thinks he loves her.
(c) Because he has too much money.
(d) Because his wife does not accept them.

4. Who does Jezile blame for S'naye's health?
(a) MaBiyela.
(b) Herself.
(c) Nosizwe.
(d) Siyalo.

5. Who do the people no longer trust by Chapter 11?
(a) Potgieter.
(b) Zenzile.
(c) Counselor Duma.
(d) Jezile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the military do to the women of the village?

2. What happens when Siyalo is released from prison?

3. Why do the police intimidate the community residents?

4. Who discovers Jezile's pregnancy first?

5. How many years does Jezile live in peace with her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Siyalo want a job so badly?

2. How do the women help their men once the raids begin?

3. Describe Lungu.

4. What does S'naye look like when Jezile returns from prison?

5. Why does Jezile feel shamed of her second pregnancy?

6. What happens to Jezile and MaBiyela's relationship after Jezile returns from prison?

7. What does Siyalo look like when Jezile first returns from prison?

8. Why does MaBiyela want Ndondo to be baptized?

9. Why does Jezile accept the job as the foreman's wife's servant?

10. How do Jezile and the other women feel when they are first released from prison?

(see the answer keys)

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