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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 Lukas's favorite place in the forest in Chapter 19?
(a) Clusters of jacaranda trees.
(b) Where flowers grow.
(c) Creeks.
(d) Elephant trails.

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

3. In Chapter 12, what does the girl offer Benjamin to eat?
(a) Banana.
(b) Bread.
(c) Sweet potato.
(d) Biscuits.

4. In Chapter 12, how old is Malie?
(a) Almost 40.
(b) 38.
(c) Almost 50.
(d) 46.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. In Chapter 19 when Nina and Lukas are walking to the village, how long do they stand when they think they hear elephants?

3. In Chapter 19, who goes to the village after the beams are sold?

4. At the end of Chpater 13, what disease does Fiela remember nursing Benjamin through a fever?

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 is Nina upset at the end of Chapter 18?

2. What happens when Petrus talks to the magistrate about Benjamin?

3. What detour does Lukas make when he is sent to get Nina in Chapter 22?

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

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

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

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

8. In Chapter 18, what do Fiela and Dawid bring Benjamin?

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

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

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