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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 is different about Jezile's youngest child?
(a) He is half American Indian.
(b) He is half Asian.
(c) He is half Latino.
(d) He is half white.

2. Who is Chief Siyapi?
(a) The spokesperson for a cigar company.
(b) The chief of the village.
(c) The chief of a neighboring village.
(d) The chief of the local police.

3. How does Jezile feel when she learns of the theft from the white man's cows?
(a) Happy.
(b) Confused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nostalgic.

4. How does Jezile feel when Siyalo does not return home one night?
(a) Shamed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Proud.

5. What type of personality does Chief Siyapi have?
(a) Boring.
(b) Haughty.
(c) Warm.
(d) Frigid.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jezile obtain firewood?

3. What does S'naye study to be?

4. Does Siyalo believe that the child is his?

5. What happens to Siyalo at the end of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jezile dread Siyalo's return?

3. Describe MaSibiya.

4. Why does Jezile desire a home of her own?

5. How does Jezile react to seeing S'naye's condition after she returns from prison?

6. List three of the clothing items Jezile sews for money.

7. Why does Nomawa stop by Jezile's house at the beginning of Chapter 12?

8. Why does Siyalo want a job so badly?

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

10. What are Jezile and MaBiyela's beliefs when it comes to Siyalo's imprisonment?

(see the answer keys)

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