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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much food does Elias want Barta to pack for him at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) 4 days worth.
(b) A week's worth.
(c) 2 days worth.
(d) 2 weeks worth.

2. In Chapter 13, where does Fiela sleep when she gets to Knysna?
(a) In a park.
(b) Behind the school.
(c) Porch of the magistrate's place.
(d) Behind a store.

3. In Chapter 15, what day of the week does Fiela return to Knysna?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

4. What type of tree does Nina say that she is not even sure baboons can climb?
(a) Lavender-leaved croton.
(b) Red-heart.
(c) Lebombo wattle.
(d) Kalander.

5. At the end of Chapter 20, how much is Nina being paid when she gets another job in the village?
(a) 3 shillings.
(b) 1 crown.
(c) Half a crown.
(d) 2 shillings.

6. In Chapter 19 after beams are taken to Deep Walls a month after the first load, who goes to the village to buy food?
(a) Elias.
(b) Lukas.
(c) Kristoffel.
(d) Willem.

7. How long has Lukas been from the Long Kloof in Chapter 19?
(a) 2 1/2 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 1 1/2 years.

8. In Chapter 12, how much does Nina say that a mouth-organ cost at Peuter Island?
(a) 2 shillings.
(b) A crown.
(c) Half a crown.
(d) 3 shillings.

9. In Chapter 12, how long does Barta say that Willem said they would be cutting wagon wood?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) At least 3 weeks.
(d) About a month.

10. In Chapter 15, what story is Kittie looking for in the Bible?
(a) Jesus healing a girl.
(b) The boy who killed a giant.
(c) Two women who had fought over a child.
(d) The people being driven out of the garden.

11. What is Lukas's favorite place in the forest in Chapter 19?
(a) Clusters of jacaranda trees.
(b) Where flowers grow.
(c) Elephant trails.
(d) Creeks.

12. How many ostrich chicks does Fiela say she will bring the magistrate in Chapter 15 if he has the forest woman say what Benjamin was wearing when he got lost?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

13. In Chapter 18, what type of tree does Elias tell Benjamin to climb?
(a) Palm.
(b) Stinkwood.
(c) Mahogany.
(d) Yellowwood.

14. In Chapter 12, how long has it been since Benjamin left Wolwekraal?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 3 days.

15. How many elephants did Elias run into when he went to collect Nina's first wages in Chapter 20?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cost of a marriage fee?

2. What plants does Benjamin wonder if they are flowering in Wolwekraal?

3. Where is the ghost ship from in Chapter 23?

4. In Chapter 20, how long does Elias remember that it took a cow to find a man at Karatara who shot a calf and trample him to death?

5. What day of the week does Petrus return and tell Fiela that Benjamin will be staying in the forest in Chapter 17?

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