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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Lena show to Outa?
(a) Her clothes.
(b) Her food.
(c) Her bruises.
(d) Her wine.

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

5. What does Boesman say that the "kaffirs" come here to do?
(a) Drink.
(b) Die.
(c) Steal.
(d) Sleep.

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

7. What language to Boesman and Lena speak?
(a) Ouxa.
(b) Noani.
(c) Tibutu.
(d) Afrikaan.

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

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

10. What does Lena tell Outa she's not so good at?
(a) Making a fire.
(b) Making shelter.
(c) Making tea.
(d) Cooking.

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

12. What does Lena do after she says, "Maybe he sees us"?
(a) Dances.
(b) Waves.
(c) Screams.
(d) Hides.

13. What does Boesman say Lena will do when she's "had enough of this"?
(a) Hang herself.
(b) Find a man who loves her.
(c) Drown herself.
(d) Load up and walk somewhere else.

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

15. What is the translation for "dop"?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Drink (of liquor).

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "Jou moer!"?

2. What name does Lena want to have?

3. What does Lena clean from her toes?

4. What is "soeterigheid"?

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

(see the answer keys)

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