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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. What color were Lukas's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. By the end of April in Chapter 4, how long have the Komoeties been taking the ostriches to the pasture?
(a) More than 4 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) About 5 weeks.
(d) 3 weeks.

3. What type of seeds does Barta plan to plant in Chapter 5?
(a) Pumpkin.
(b) Beans.
(c) Potatoes.
(d) Radishes.

4. In Chapter 7, when Benjamin and the men reach the forest, what do they have to watch for?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Elephants.
(c) Lions.
(d) Leopards.

5. What flowers bloom on the slope where the peddlar stops his horses in Chapter 3?
(a) Barberton Daisys.
(b) Candelabras.
(c) Flame Lilies.
(d) Buttercups.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kicker in Chapter 3?

2. When do they estimate that Selling was born?

3. How old is Kransie in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 8, what is the name of Elias's cousin who works in the village?

5. In Chapter 6 when Fiela goes out to the ostriches, what bird does she hear?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the woodcutters help Elias and Barta before they left for the village?

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

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

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

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

7. What possible news of Lukas is there at the end of Chapter 1?

8. How difficult was it to tame Kicker?

9. 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?

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

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