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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 Siyalo is released from prison?
(a) Jezile's daughters run away.
(b) Jezile's daughters are married off.
(c) Jezile's daughters are taken away.
(d) Jezile's daughters go to work.

2. In which season does Jezile finally return to her prayer meetings?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

3. Who tells Jezile about the road crew that sets up near the village?
(a) Zenzile.
(b) Counselor Duma.
(c) Momawa.
(d) Mthebe.

4. Why does Potgieter attempt to win Jezile's affections?
(a) Because he is bored and has nothing else to do.
(b) Because he wants a friend.
(c) Beacuse he feels bad about what happened to her.
(d) Because he wants to make his wife jealous.

5. What happens to Lungu while he is at school?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is stabbed.
(c) He is shot.
(d) He is hired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being stolen from the white man's cows?

2. Where is Jezile encouraged to get a job?

3. Where is The Mountain Committee based?

4. Who does Jezile blame for S'naye's health?

5. Why does Jezile worry that she will lose her children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lungu.

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

3. Why does Jezile dread Siyalo's return?

4. List three of the items Jezile most commonly purchases for her family.

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

6. Describe MaSibiya.

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

8. Why does MaBiyela want Ndondo to be baptized?

9. Why do the soldiers bring the charred bodies of Counselor Duma's family out to the hillside?

10. Why does Siyalo want a job so badly?

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