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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Swartkops?"
(a) A river.
(b) A person.
(c) A gem.
(d) A building.

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

3. What does "vrot ou huisie vir die grot mens" mean?
(a) Another rotten house for rotten people.
(b) Another roadside attraction.
(c) Another homeless man.
(d) A way home.

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

5. What did the two white children come to watch Lena count this morning?
(a) Her bottles.
(b) Her bruises.
(c) Her scabs.
(d) Her fleas.

6. What does Lena say that the tea is?
(a) Sweet and warm.
(b) Comforting.
(c) Bitter and brown.
(d) Stale.

7. How old are Lena and Boesman?
(a) Twenties.
(b) Sixties.
(c) Fifties.
(d) Seventies.

8. What does Lena say that many of Outa's kind have given her and Boesman along the road?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Bottles.
(d) Money.

9. What are "skelms"?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Black men.
(c) Devils.
(d) White men.

10. What does Boesman tell Lena she should have done at the white family's house?
(a) Killed them.
(b) Borrowed their clothes.
(c) Gone with them.
(d) Burned down the house.

11. What does Lena say about Boesman's heart?
(a) It's empty.
(b) It's cowardly.
(c) It's broken.
(d) It's strong.

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

13. Fill in the blank: "Once you've put your _____ on your head and walked you never get light again."
(a) Life.
(b) Belongings.
(c) Pans.
(d) Firewood.

14. What does Lena use to block the fire from the wind?
(a) A box.
(b) The corrugated iron.
(c) The wine.
(d) Herself.

15. Which character says, "I know I'm here now. Why? Look at it, for God's sake. Is this the best you could do"?
(a) Lena.
(b) Boesman.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Outa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boesman laugh at Lena for?

2. What does Lena give to Outa after he sits?

3. Which Afrikaan phrase means "soaking wet"?

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

5. What is "Jou moer!"?

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