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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where did the child die?
(a) Missionvale.
(b) Redhouse.
(c) Veelplaas.
(d) Koetsan.

7. Boesman says he and Lena crawled in and out of their lean-to like what?
(a) Babboons.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Monsters.
(d) White men.

8. What is the word used for the ethnic group of Boesman and Lena?
(a) Colored.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Indian.

9. What does Lena begin doing after Boesman goes into the shelter?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Singing and dancing.
(d) Crying.

10. Who says, "Can't we say goodbye? We'll have to do it one day. It's not for ever. Come on. Let's say it now. Goodbye!"?
(a) Lena.
(b) Outa.
(c) Fugard.
(d) Boesman.

11. What did Lena do to the dog when Boesman wasn't looking?
(a) Killed it.
(b) Beat it.
(c) Fed it.
(d) Sold it.

12. What does Boesman pass to Lena when she walks back to him?
(a) The blanket.
(b) The bucket.
(c) The mattress.
(d) The wood.

13. 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) Zachariah.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Lena.

14. What does Lena say Boesman will have between his toes at Veelplas?
(a) Mud.
(b) Water.
(c) Sand.
(d) Tar.

15. What does Lena tell the dead man is still happening before his eyes?
(a) The world.
(b) His life.
(c) The tears.
(d) Her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena tell Outa to think about after Boesman goes into the shelter?

2. 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"?

3. What does Lena beg Boesman to do in Act 2?

4. What does "vies" mean?

5. What is the translation of "Al weer sukke tyd"?

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