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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lena plan on digging for tomorrow?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Moles.
(c) Prawns.
(d) Worms.

2. What does Lena say Boesman should have done with their belongings this morning?
(a) Thrown them in the fire.
(b) Sold them.
(c) Given them to the white man.
(d) Taken them with him.

3. 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) Boesman.
(b) Outa.
(c) Isaiah.
(d) Fugard.

4. What does the phrase "pap ou borste, ribbetjies" mean?
(a) Fat and surly man.
(b) Shrunken breasts, thin ribs.
(c) Looking eastward, towards home.
(d) Wandering slowly, in the night.

5. Who says, "You must make the words crawl to him, with your tongue between their back legs"?
(a) Lena.
(b) Outa.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Boesman.

6. What does Boesman imitate to irritate Lena?
(a) The dog.
(b) Outa.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Lena.

7. Who says, "This is the time and place. To hell with the others. They're finished, and mixed up anyway"?
(a) Lena.
(b) Boesman.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Outa.

8. What does "Outa" mean?
(a) Blind man.
(b) Dog.
(c) Young man.
(d) Old man.

9. Who says, "There's only me. All you've got is me and I'm saying 'Sies!'"?
(a) Zachariah.
(b) Lena.
(c) Outa.
(d) Boesman.

10. What does Lena call Boesman for what he does to the shelter?
(a) A bulldozer.
(b) A monster.
(c) A Kaffir.
(d) A pig.

11. What is the one thing Boesman says he's looking for?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Slaves.
(c) A family.
(d) Riches.

12. What does Boesman do to the shelter when Lena says she'll sleep there tonight?
(a) Empties it.
(b) Leaves it.
(c) Lights it on fire.
(d) Knocks it down.

13. What does Boesman do after Outa has passed away?
(a) Goes into the shelter.
(b) Calls for help.
(c) Digs a grave.
(d) Leaves the shanty.

14. What does Lena say that Boesman does to something he doesn't understand?
(a) Leaves it.
(b) Kills it.
(c) Cradles it.
(d) Hits it.

15. What does Lena say to Boesman about the next time he wants to kill her?
(a) To really do it.
(b) To leave.
(c) To find someone else.
(d) To kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena refer to as "Happy Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Birthday"?

2. What does the word "naar" mean?

3. Where does Boesman throw the bread in Act 2?

4. What is Lena referring to when she says, "So that's how you do it. I know what it feels like. Now I know what it looks like"?

5. What does Lena say God could do with the past day?

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