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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lena say that the bread should have on it?
(a) Mold.
(b) Jam.
(c) Bruises.
(d) Dirt.

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

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

4. What does Lena carry under her arm?
(a) Firewood.
(b) A stove.
(c) A mattress.
(d) A cooking pot.

5. What does Boesman say that Outa will do?
(a) Sing.
(b) Steal their money.
(c) Bring the others.
(d) Kill them in the night.

6. 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 fire.
(d) The water bottles.

7. What did Lena ask the white family if they needed?
(a) A maid.
(b) A kitten.
(c) Broken bottles.
(d) A blanket.

8. What does Lena say will happen to Boesman one day for beating her?
(a) He'll be shot.
(b) He will fall apart.
(c) She'll find another man.
(d) He'll be hanged.

9. What does Lena meet the memory of on the old roads?
(a) The dog.
(b) Herself.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Outa.

10. What does "kaalgat" mean?
(a) Naked.
(b) Cleaned.
(c) Razed.
(d) Born.

11. What does Lena bribe Boesman with to let Outa stay?
(a) Bottles.
(b) Money.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

12. What does Lena say she'll do once she's got a new name?
(a) Stop singing.
(b) Leave Boesman.
(c) Become a nun.
(d) Give up dancing.

13. What did the white man do to Lena and Boesman's village?
(a) Raided it.
(b) Bulldozed it.
(c) Looted it.
(d) Flooded it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Boesman beat Lena this morning?

2. What language to Boesman and Lena speak?

3. Who says, "It won't last long, but it's big enough. Not much to see. This is all. This is mine"?

4. What did Lena and Boesman collect after Redhouse?

5. What does Boesman say Lena will do when she's "had enough of this"?

(see the answer keys)

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