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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the phrase, "Die geraas van 'n vervloekte lewe" mean?
(a) The trees are whispering.
(b) The dog is howling like wind.
(c) The last man laughing.
(d) The noise of a cursed life.

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

3. What does "baas" mean?
(a) Slave.
(b) Master.
(c) Child.
(d) Dog.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "This is the time and place. To hell with the others. They're finished, and mixed up anyway"?

2. 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"?

3. What do people like Lena and Boesman do with the White Man's rubbish?

4. What does Boesman accuse Lena of doing with the old man?

5. What does Grappie mean in English?

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