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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. Who offers to make Lukas a pair of trousers in Chapter 19?
(a) Anna.
(b) Aunt Gertie.
(c) Sofie.
(d) Aunt Malie.

2. In Chapter 19, how much will Nina be paid to work in the village?
(a) 5 shillings.
(b) 3 shillings.
(c) 2 shillings.
(d) 4 shillings.

3. What color flowers does Benjamin see when Nina disappears on the path in Chapter 12?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Pink.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 18, what notch does Benjamin cut in the pole?
(a) 39.
(b) 38.
(c) 41.
(d) 40.

5. What does Nina find lying dead in the pit in Chapter 18?
(a) Elephant calf.
(b) Two elephant calves.
(c) Boar elephant.
(d) Cow elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks Nina to the village to work in Chapter 19?

2. How long has Benjamin been with the van Rooyen's in Chapter 12?

3. In Chapter 16, how many times does Elias remember that a man named Frans had his house damaged by elephants?

4. In Chapter 12, how old is Malie?

5. What is Lukas's favorite place in the forest in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Benjamin thinking at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. What has Elias's life been like for the last two years in Chapter 20?

4. What is Elias's latest plan to trap an elephant for its tusks in Chapter 16?

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

6. In Chapter 19, what arrangements does Elias make for Nina, and how does she react?

7. What happens to Dawid in Chapter 21?

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

9. At the end of Chapter 20, what does Willem learn when he takes Nina back to the village when she returns after a week?

10. In Chapter 22, where is Nina, and what does Lukas ask of her?

(see the answer keys)

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