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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boesman do to the old man while Lena is looking for shelter materials?
(a) Hugs him.
(b) Gives him water.
(c) Gives him wine.
(d) Shoves him off his seat.

2. Who goes into the shelter at the end of Act 1?
(a) Outa.
(b) Zachariah.
(c) Boesman.
(d) Lena.

3. What does Boesman tell Lena she should have done at the white family's house?
(a) Killed them.
(b) Gone with them.
(c) Borrowed their clothes.
(d) Burned down the house.

4. What does Lena say is "the scenery" of her world?
(a) The children.
(b) The sky.
(c) The churches.
(d) Boesman's back.

5. What did the white man do to Lena and Boesman's village?
(a) Flooded it.
(b) Raided it.
(c) Bulldozed it.
(d) Looted it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boesman laugh at Lena for?

2. What does Boesman say Lena will do when she's "had enough of this"?

3. What language does Outa speak?

4. What does Lena carry under her arm?

5. Which Afrikaan phrase means "soaking wet"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have Boesman and Lena left their home?

2. What does Lena say about the birds?

3. How does Boesman appear as he leaves the camp? How does Boesman's physical demeanor reflect his internal turmoil?

4. What does Boesman say about the scene in the morning?

5. What does Boesman say about dead men? Why does he not want Outa's body at the camp?

6. What does Boesman accuse Lena of doing with Outa?

7. What is Boesman's primary complaint against Lena? Why?

8. What is Lena's reaction to Boesman's leaving?

9. What is Lena carrying when she enters? How does she carry it?

10. What are some of the places Boesman and Lena have traveled? Why?

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