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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many planks are in the ceiling and benches are in the room where Benjamin waits in Chapter 9?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

2. What day does Fiela decide to go get Benjamin in Chapter 10?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. How old does Elias think that Nina is in Chapter 5?
(a) 13.
(b) 8 or 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 10 or 11.

4. When is the search for Lukas called off because he is probably dead?
(a) 10 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 8 days.

5. How many ostrich chicks did Fiela steal when she got Kicker?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, how much money does Fiela remember that she got for Kicker's feathers the August before?

2. What does Fiela want Emma to take to Miss Baby and Auntie Maria in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 6, when do the officials say they will bring Benjamin back home?

4. How much land do the Laghaans have?

5. What type of wood can Fiela smell when she goes inside the house in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions does the magistrate ask Benjamin in Chapter 9?

2. Who is Benjamin, and where does he and his family live?

3. In Chapter 5, what scheme does Elias come up with to get elephant tusks?

4. In Chapter 6, why does Fiela want Tollie to stay in the house?

5. In Chapter 8, why did Barta and Elias not spend the night in the village, and when did they have to leave because they did not spend the night?

6. How is Pollie settling in at Fiela's?

7. What was Selling's sentence when he was convicted of murder, and how did he get free?

8. What does Elias van Rooyen do for a living, and how does his work compare to the work other families on Barnard's Island do?

9. Why does Elias work less than he used to in Chapter 5?

10. Why was Selling convicted of murder when Fiela was pregnant with Emma?

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