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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "You must make the words crawl to him, with your tongue between their back legs"?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Zachariah.
(c) Outa.
(d) Lena.

2. Who does Lena say Boesman worked for when they had a "real house"?
(a) A black couple.
(b) A Chinaman.
(c) A white couple.
(d) A colored family.

3. Who says, "It won't last long, but it's big enough. Not much to see. This is all. This is mine"?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Boesman.
(c) Lena.
(d) Outa.

4. What does Boesman compare the people crawling out of "their holes" to?
(a) Moles.
(b) Maggots.
(c) Rats.
(d) Worms.

5. What does the phrase, "Die geraas van 'n vervloekte lewe" mean?
(a) The trees are whispering.
(b) The dog is howling like wind.
(c) The noise of a cursed life.
(d) The last man laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boesman say that the white man gave them in demolishing their village?

2. What did Lena call the dog?

3. What hurt Lena more than Boesman's beatings?

4. What does the word "naar" mean?

5. Boesman says he and Lena crawled in and out of their lean-to like what?

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