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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 much money is left after Jezile purchases the needed goods for her children?
(a) None.
(b) A fair amount.
(c) Almost none.
(d) Plenty.

2. What does Jezile do to make money for her children in Chapter 14?
(a) Cook.
(b) Mine.
(c) Teach.
(d) Sew.

3. How does Jezile obtain firewood?
(a) By working for it.
(b) By trading for it.
(c) By stealing it.
(d) By chopping it herself.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of personality does Chief Siyapi have?

2. How does Jezile feel when she learns of the theft from the white man's cows?

3. Wo claims Jezile is unfaithful to her husband?

4. What is different about Jezile's youngest child?

5. How does Potgieter treat Jezile?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lungu.

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

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

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

6. Describe Potgieter.

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

8. Describe Siyalo's job after he is released from prison.

9. Why does Jezile dread Siyalo's return?

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

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