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

2. What followed Lena all the way back to Korsten?
(a) The police.
(b) A black man.
(c) A dog.
(d) A white man.

3. Who says, "There was something else in that fire. Us! Our sad stories, our smells, our world! And it burnt"?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Outa.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Lena.

4. What did Lena do when the bulldozers came?
(a) Sang.
(b) Cried.
(c) Danced.
(d) Laughed.

5. Which character appears first in Act 1?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Lena.
(c) Outa.
(d) Boesman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much wine did Boesman drink?

3. What does the phrase "En dit?" mean?

4. What does "vark" mean?

5. Where does Boesman throw the bread in Act 2?

(see the answer key)

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