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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lena know the old man died?
(a) He cried.
(b) He said farewell.
(c) He let go of her hand.
(d) He kissed her goodbye.

2. What does Boesman say that the white man gave them in demolishing their village?
(a) Anger.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Tears.

3. What does Boesman accuse Lena of doing with the old man?
(a) Slapping him.
(b) Cursing him.
(c) Cheating on him with him.
(d) Nursing him.

4. What did the people scramble back to their shanties to gather?
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Rubbish.

5. What does Lena ask Boesman to do instead of hitting her?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Slap her.
(c) Kiss her.
(d) Touch her.

6. What does Boesman finally tell Lena at the end of the play?
(a) The truth about the dog.
(b) The truth about the dead man.
(c) The way they came.
(d) The directions home.

7. To whom does Lena say, "Why the hell you do it so soon? There's things I didn't tell you, man. And now this as well"?
(a) Fugard.
(b) Isaiah.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Outa.

8. Who says, "Aaak sy bek oop"?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Outa.
(c) Athol.
(d) Lena.

9. Who says, "We're the whiteman's rubbish. That's why he's so beneukt with us. He can't get rid of his rubbish"?
(a) Lena.
(b) Athol.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Outa.

10. Where is the farthest they've been, according to Lena?
(a) Korsten.
(b) Valplaas.
(c) Redhouse.
(d) Coegakop.

11. Who says, "When you make a hole in your face the noise that comes out is as good as nothing, because nobody hears it"?
(a) Athol.
(b) Outa.
(c) Lena.
(d) Boesman.

12. What does Lena say when Boesman asks, "Are you coming? It's the last time I ask you"?
(a) Wait.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

13. How much wine did Boesman drink?
(a) One bottle.
(b) Two bottles.
(c) Half a bottle.
(d) Three bottles.

14. What is Boesman talking about when he says, "web wereld, kom brandewyn"?
(a) The door.
(b) The shanty.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Brandy.

15. What does Lena tell Boesman he'll be charged with?
(a) Killing the dog.
(b) Running away.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Killing Outa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "vlenterbroek" mean?

3. Who says, "Bulala wena!"

4. Who says, "There was something else in that fire. Us! Our sad stories, our smells, our world! And it burnt"?

5. Which character says, "Hotnot and a Kaffer got no time for apartheid on a night like this. We must keep that bit of wood for later"?

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