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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many notches has Benamin made in the cross-poles of the scaffold to mark the days when it starts to rain in Chapter 14?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

3. What plants does Benjamin wonder if they are flowering in Wolwekraal?
(a) Blue Iris.
(b) Grandiflora.
(c) Arum lily.
(d) Yellow clivia.

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

5. What day of the week does Elias begin teaching Benjamin to make beams in Chapter 12?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

6. Who walks Nina to the village to work in Chapter 19?
(a) Lukas.
(b) Barta.
(c) Kristoffel.
(d) Willem.

7. When does the forester plan to come to see Elias in Chapter 16?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 18, what notch does Benjamin cut in the pole?
(a) 41.
(b) 39.
(c) 38.
(d) 40.

9. What day of the week does Petrus return and tell Fiela that Benjamin will be staying in the forest in Chapter 17?
(a) Friday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

10. In Chapter 16, how many times does Elias remember that a man named Frans had his house damaged by elephants?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

11. How many days does it take an ostrich egg to hatch?
(a) 42.
(b) 35.
(c) 43.
(d) 36.

12. What size is the shelter the Komoeties build for the ostriches?
(a) 8 feel long and 8 feet high.
(b) 12 feet long and 12 feet high.
(c) 5 feet long and 5 feet high.
(d) 10 feet long and 10 feet high.

13. How long did Nina sit in the forest after she was let go from a job in the village in Chapter 20?
(a) Almost a week.
(b) Nearly 2 weeks.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 days.

14. In Chapter 19, how much will Nina be paid to work in the village?
(a) 3 shillings.
(b) 5 shillings.
(c) 2 shillings.
(d) 4 shillings.

15. When is Dawid buried?
(a) June 1881.
(b) April 1881.
(c) May 1881.
(d) March 1881.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of Lukas's money does Nina return in Chapter 19?

2. In Chapter 19, what bird do Lukas and Nina hear when they are in the forest?

3. How many ostriches does Fiela have in Chapter 21?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 15, what story is Kittie looking for in the Bible?

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