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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are "skelms"?
(a) Devils.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Black men.
(d) White men.

2. What did the Boer have on the farm?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bow and arrow.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A gun.

3. What does Lena keep trying to figure out during Act 1?
(a) Why the fire won't start.
(b) The order of where they've been.
(c) Why Boesman is so kind to her.
(d) Where her dog has gone.

4. What does Lena do after Boesman returns from getting shelter materials?
(a) Builds the shelter.
(b) Sings and dances.
(c) Washes clothes.
(d) Cooks prawns.

5. Who goes into the shelter at the end of Act 1?
(a) Lena.
(b) Outa.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Boesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena say that Boesman gets when other people laugh at him beating her?

2. What does Boesman say that Outa will do?

3. What is "soeterigheid"?

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

5. What language to Boesman and Lena speak?

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