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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. In Chapter 10, how many of the first chicks Fiela has are God's?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. In Chapter 3, who comes to Fiela's place?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Census takers.
(d) Peddlar.

3. How many eggs does an ostrich usually lay?
(a) 8.
(b) At least 12.
(c) 10.
(d) About 14.

4. Who watches Nina while Elias and Bart go to the village in Chapter 8?
(a) Malie.
(b) Gertie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sofie.

5. What is the name of the tall man who brings Benjamin to the magistrate?
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Ebenezer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Petrus pay for two young ostrich chicks at Oudtshoorn?

2. What is the weather like in Chapter 1?

3. When are Elias and Barta to be in the village courtroom at the end of Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 5, how many elephants does Dawid say he sees coming down a footpath?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Fiela feed her children for breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Fiela send with Benjamin when he has to go see the magistrate in Chapter 6?

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

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

7. How difficult was it to tame Kicker?

8. What is the village like in Chapter 7 when Benjamin is taken to the magistrate?

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. How does the search proceed for Lukas?

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