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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lena look up at when she and Boesman sit in Act 1?
(a) The bats.
(b) The rainbow.
(c) The clouds.
(d) The birds.

2. What does the word "naar" mean?
(a) Evil.
(b) Dead.
(c) Good.
(d) Sick.

3. What does Lena begin doing after Boesman goes into the shelter?
(a) Eating.
(b) Singing and dancing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Drinking.

4. How does Lena carry her belongings?
(a) On her head.
(b) On her back.
(c) On a wagon.
(d) On her shoulders.

5. What does Lena say that Boesman gets when other people laugh at him beating her?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Afrikaan phrase means "soaking wet"?

2. Who says, "There was something else in that fire. Us! Our sad stories, our smells, our world! And it burnt"?

3. What does Boesman tell Lena she should have done at the white family's house?

4. What does the phrase, "Die geraas van 'n vervloekte lewe" mean?

5. What does the phrase "pap ou borste, ribbetjies" mean?

(see the answer key)

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