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

2. In Chapter 20, how long does Elias remember that it took a cow to find a man at Karatara who shot a calf and trample him to death?
(a) 2 1/2 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 3 years.

3. How many ostriches does Fiela have in Chapter 21?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color flowers does Benjamin see when Nina disappears on the path in Chapter 12?

2. What size is the shelter the Komoeties build for the ostriches?

3. In Chapter 15, what day of the week does Fiela return to Knysna?

4. When Fiela first returned to Wolwekraal after going to Knysna, how many days did she spend in bed?

5. In Chapter 19 after beams are taken to Deep Walls a month after the first load, who goes to the village to buy food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Komoeties build a shelter, and what type of shelter do they build in Chapter 15?

2. Why does a forester visit with Elias and Barta in Chapter 16, and what does he learn?

3. In Chapter 12, what plans do Benjamin and Nina make?

4. What is Kaliel September's house like?

5. Why does Elias pay Han Oukas 10 sweet potatoes?

6. In Chapter 15, why does Fiela return to Knysna?

7. What are Fiela's children doing in Chapter 21?

8. Where did Fiela find shelter on the road, and where does she find shelter in Knysna?

9. Why did Pace, the shopkeeper at Uniondale take the church to court?

10. In Chapter 14, what happens when Nina returns after she runs off?

(see the answer keys)

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