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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena do after Boesman returns from getting shelter materials?

2. Lena says, "When I want to cry, you want to" what?

3. What language does Outa speak?

4. What did Lena find when she went into the dark to find shelter materials?

5. Boesman tells Lena to tell the old man what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lena do when Boesman begins to pack up the belongings to leave?

2. How does Lena feel about where they've stopped for the night?

3. What does Boesman tell Lena regarding the past?

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

5. How does Boesman realize that Outa is dead?

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

7. What did Lena ask the white family? What did they respond?

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

9. How does Lena convince Boesman to let Outa stay?

10. Why does Lena long for the days when Boesman worked for the Chinaman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the word "freedom" and what it means in the context of Boesman and Lena. What term discussed in class would this word fall under?

Essay Topic 2

How did Athol Fugard hope to use theater as a means to change the society in which he lived? Was he successful?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Lena talk to herself? What are her fears and desires?

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