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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 "Babalas" mean?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Hysterical laughter.
(c) Irritation.
(d) Drunken stupor.

2. What did the two white children come to watch Lena count this morning?
(a) Her bottles.
(b) Her fleas.
(c) Her scabs.
(d) Her bruises.

3. What does "Waar kry jy seer" mean?
(a) Where does it hurt?
(b) I need a rest.
(c) I walked long yesterday.
(d) What are you doing tomorrow?

4. Which character appears first in Act 1?
(a) Boesman.
(b) Outa.
(c) Zachariah.
(d) Lena.

5. What does Lena say that Boesman gets when other people laugh at him beating her?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Miserable.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena ask Boesman for before making the fire?

2. What does Lena say is "the scenery" of her world?

3. Which Afrikaan phrase means "soaking wet"?

4. For what does Boesman say Lena almost broke her neck from looking behind her so much?

5. Who says, "I want my life. Where is it"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Lena ask to drink from Boesman? What word is this in Afrikaan? In English?

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

5. What does Lena say about the birds?

6. What does Lena associate Boesman's predicament after Outa's death with?

7. Describe the relationship between Boesman and Lena.

8. What leads to Lena's dancing once Boesman's gone inside the shanty?

9. What does Boesman admit in Act 2 to Lena?

10. Why does Boesman believe that he admitted his fault earlier in the day?

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