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

2. What is being stolen from the white man's cows?
(a) Water.
(b) Feed.
(c) Milk.
(d) Calfs.

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

4. Who is with Jezile when she gives birth to her second child?
(a) Siyalo.
(b) Zenzile.
(c) MaBiyela.
(d) No one.

5. Who does Jezile live with in Chapter 14?
(a) Zenzile.
(b) MaSibiya.
(c) Siyalo.
(d) Potgieter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ndondo become while in school?

2. What happens when a second meeting is called with Chief Siyapi?

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

4. How does Jezile feel when Siyalo does not return home one night?

5. Where does Jezile go when she first returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Siyalo want a job so badly?

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

3. Why does Jezile work for the road crew and the white foreman?

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

5. What are the young women in Jezile's village like?

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

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

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

9. Why is having multiple babies close together viewed as a bad thing in Jezile's village?

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

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