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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boesman do with his bread?
(a) Leaves it untouched.
(b) Throws it at the old man.
(c) Nibbles it slowly.
(d) Gobbles it down.

2. What does Boesman go to check when he returns from getting shelter materials and Lena is happy?
(a) The sky.
(b) The wine bottles.
(c) The water bottles.
(d) The fire.

3. What does Boesman do with the piece of corrugated iron?
(a) Builds a lean-to.
(b) Hits Lena.
(c) Uses it for the fire.
(d) Makes a trap with it.

4. What is "soeterigheid"?
(a) Wood.
(b) Sourness.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Sweetness.

5. How long did Lena's child live?
(a) Six months.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Ten years.

6. What does Lena clean from her toes?
(a) Mud.
(b) Sand.
(c) Sawdust.
(d) Rubble.

7. What does Lena say is "the scenery" of her world?
(a) Boesman's back.
(b) The children.
(c) The sky.
(d) The churches.

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

9. What does Lena give to Outa after he sits?
(a) Wine.
(b) Pears.
(c) Prawns.
(d) Water.

10. What does "Babalas" mean?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Hysterical laughter.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Drunken stupor.

11. Who says, "You don't like it when somebody else laughs. Well, you laughed at me for nothing"?
(a) Lena.
(b) Boesman.
(c) Athol.
(d) Outa.

12. Who chased Boesman and Lena off their land?
(a) A Korsten.
(b) A Zulu.
(c) The Chinese man.
(d) A Boer.

13. Lena says, "When I want to cry, you want to" what?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Drink.

14. Which character carries a mattress?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Outa.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Lena.

15. What does "skof" mean?
(a) Foothill.
(b) Sky.
(c) Stretch.
(d) To walk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boesman laugh at Lena for?

2. Which male character in the play is referred to as "colored"?

3. How much were the bottles worth that were broken?

4. What does Lena say she hates in the beginning of Act 1?

5. What does Lena say there's never enough of to sleep at night?

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