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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does "vlenterbroek" mean?
(a) Old men.
(b) Dead dogs.
(c) Torn trousers.
(d) Broken bottles.
2. What does Lena beg Boesman to do in Act 2?
(a) To steal money.
(b) To stop crying.
(c) To hit her.
(d) To steal food.
3. What does the phrase "pap ou borste, ribbetjies" mean?
(a) Fat and surly man.
(b) Shrunken breasts, thin ribs.
(c) Wandering slowly, in the night.
(d) Looking eastward, towards home.
4. Who says, "Big yellow donner with its jawbone to the ground. One bite and there's a hole in the earth!"?
(a) Outa.
(b) Athol.
(c) Lena.
(d) Boesman.
5. 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"?
(a) Singing.
(b) Beating Outa.
(c) Standing and running.
(d) Being a coward.
6. What does Boesman pass to Lena when she walks back to him?
(a) The mattress.
(b) The blanket.
(c) The wood.
(d) The bucket.
7. What does Boesman say that the white man gave them in demolishing their village?
(a) Tears.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Freedom.
8. What does "baas" mean?
(a) Child.
(b) Dog.
(c) Slave.
(d) Master.
9. What does Boesman compare the people crawling out of "their holes" to?
(a) Rats.
(b) Moles.
(c) Worms.
(d) Maggots.
10. What does Lena take off the dead man and throw at Boesman?
(a) Her blanket.
(b) His bottles.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His wallet.
11. What does Boesman tell Lena about the empties in Act 2?
(a) That they were worth nothing.
(b) That she was wrong to drop them.
(c) The the dog knocked them over.
(d) That he dropped them.
12. What does Lena tell Outa to think about after Boesman goes into the shelter?
(a) Coldness.
(b) Warm times.
(c) Wine.
(d) The desert.
13. What did Lena do to the dog when Boesman wasn't looking?
(a) Killed it.
(b) Beat it.
(c) Fed it.
(d) Sold it.
14. What does the phrase, "Die geraas van 'n vervloekte lewe" mean?
(a) The last man laughing.
(b) The dog is howling like wind.
(c) The noise of a cursed life.
(d) The trees are whispering.
15. What has made Boesman talkative in Act 2?
(a) Food.
(b) Wine.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Water.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Lena call Boesman for what he does to the shelter?
2. What does Lena wear?
3. Who says, "There's only me. All you've got is me and I'm saying 'Sies!'"?
4. What does Boesman finally tell Lena at the end of the play?
5. What was the first leg of Boesman and Lena's travels?
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