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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lena say "hasn't got a hole in it yet"?

2. What is Boesman talking about when he says, "web wereld, kom brandewyn"?

3. What did the people scramble back to their shanties to gather?

4. Who says, "Big yellow donner with its jawbone to the ground. One bite and there's a hole in the earth!"?

5. Which character says, "Hotnot and a Kaffer got no time for apartheid on a night like this. We must keep that bit of wood for later"?

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 did the white men bulldoze Boesman and Lena's village? What happened to the people there?

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