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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lena beg Boesman to do in Act 2?
(a) To steal money.
(b) To hit her.
(c) To stop crying.
(d) To steal food.

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

3. Where was Outa left?
(a) On the road.
(b) In a grave.
(c) In the fire.
(d) On the ground.

4. What happened to Lena's firewood?
(a) It got wet.
(b) It was stolen.
(c) They used it all.
(d) It crumbled.

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"?
(a) Outa.
(b) Boesman.
(c) Lena.
(d) Zachariah.

6. What does Lena say that Boesman left on the dead man?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Money.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) Blood.

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

8. What does Lena tell Outa to think about after Boesman goes into the shelter?
(a) Coldness.
(b) Warm times.
(c) The desert.
(d) Wine.

9. Who says, "Bulala wena!"
(a) Lena.
(b) Zachariah.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Outa.

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

11. Where does Boesman throw the bread in Act 2?
(a) Into the darkness.
(b) Into the shelter.
(c) At Lena.
(d) At the old man.

12. What does "baas" mean?
(a) Slave.
(b) Dog.
(c) Child.
(d) Master.

13. Who says, "It was bioscope, man! And I watched it. Beginning to end, the way it happened. I saw it. Me"?
(a) Outa.
(b) Lena.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Boesman.

14. What happens to Outa?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He laughs and dances.
(c) He dies.
(d) He leaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the one thing Boesman says he's looking for?

3. What was the first leg of Boesman and Lena's travels?

4. What has made Boesman talkative in Act 2?

5. What does Lena say to Boesman about the next time he wants to kill her?

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