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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 is the name of the man Malie remembers pitched a ten right next to her house when they were living at Platbos Peak?
(a) Eduart.
(b) Cornelius.
(c) Ditmer.
(d) Victorin.

2. How many lashes does the Outeniqua say in Chapter 13 say that the magistrate gave him for being drunk?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

3. In Chapter 19, what bird do Lukas and Nina hear when they are in the forest?
(a) Knysna warbler.
(b) Rudd's lakr.
(c) Chorister robin.
(d) Protea seedeater.

4. What size is the shelter the Komoeties build for the ostriches?
(a) 12 feet long and 12 feet high.
(b) 5 feet long and 5 feet high.
(c) 8 feel long and 8 feet high.
(d) 10 feet long and 10 feet high.

5. In Chapter 21, how long has Benjamin been gone?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, who is the first person to notice that Elias has put Nina to work on the beams?

2. How many days does it take an ostrich egg to hatch?

3. What does Nina find lying dead in the pit in Chapter 18?

4. Where does Petrus think the story about Solomon that Fiela is looking for in Chapter 15 is found?

5. In Chapter 15, what story is Kittie looking for in the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Benjamin become Lukas in Chapter 19?

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

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

5. What does Petrus try to tell Fiela in Chapter 17, to help her make peace about Benjamin?

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

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

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

9. What is Kaliel September's house like?

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

(see the answer keys)

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