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

2. In Chapter 2, how far do the mountains stretch from west to east?
(a) 200 miles.
(b) 145 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 180 miles.

3. In Chapter 3, when does Fiela say that Benjamin was left at her place?
(a) 9 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 8 years ago.

4. In Chapter 5, what day of the week does Elias see three elephants coming up the path?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

5. How old is Kicker in Chapter 3?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 1 1/2 years.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month does it rain in Chapter 4?

2. What is the weather like in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 8, what time are Elias and Barta to be at the magistrate's?

4. In Chapter 7, how long does Benjamin remember that his father said it would take to get to the magistrate's?

5. Where do Benjamin and his siblings live in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what does Benjamin see and feel when he gets to Barnard's Island?

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

3. How did Fiela get a male ostrich?

4. 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?

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

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

7. How difficult was it to tame Kicker?

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

9. 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?

10. What work does Selling do, and why is work a struggle for him?

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