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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hurt Lena more than Boesman's beatings?
(a) Killing Outa.
(b) Telling her he hated her.
(c) Telling her he was to blame for dropping the bottles.
(d) Killing her dog.

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

3. What does Boesman tell Lena about the empties in Act 2?
(a) That they were worth nothing.
(b) The the dog knocked them over.
(c) That she was wrong to drop them.
(d) That he dropped them.

4. 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) Boesman.
(b) Outa.
(c) Lena.
(d) Athol.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. What does Lena tell Boesman that he will "know what it feels like"?
(a) Hanging for beating her.
(b) Being punished for killing a man.
(c) Being beaten.
(d) Being punished for something you didn't do.

10. What does the word "naar" mean?
(a) Evil.
(b) Good.
(c) Sick.
(d) Dead.

11. 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) Fugard.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Outa.

12. What does Lena take off the dead man and throw at Boesman?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His clothes.
(c) His bottles.
(d) Her blanket.

13. What is a dronkie?
(a) Cat.
(b) Black person.
(c) Drunkard.
(d) Old person.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grappie mean in English?

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

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

4. What does Boesman do to the shelter when Lena says she'll sleep there tonight?

5. Which character in the play is black?

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