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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 6, what does Fiela feed her children for breakfast?
2. How old does Fiela say that Benjamin is in Chapter 3?
3. Where do Benjamin and his siblings live in Chapter 2?
4. How much did Petrus pay for two young ostrich chicks at Oudtshoorn?
5. In Chapter 2, how far do the mountains stretch from west to east?
Short Essay Questions
1. What questions does the magistrate ask Benjamin in Chapter 9?
2. What does Fiela send with Benjamin when he has to go see the magistrate in Chapter 6?
3. Why does Elias work less than he used to in Chapter 5?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 9, what happens when Barta comes to see Benjamin?
6. What possible news of Lukas is there at the end of Chapter 1?
7. What does Elias van Rooyen do for a living, and how does his work compare to the work other families on Barnard's Island do?
8. What work does Selling do, and why is work a struggle for him?
9. In Chapter 10, what does Benjamin see and feel when he gets to Barnard's Island?
10. How difficult was it to tame Kicker?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?
Essay Topic 3
After Benjamin is taken, Fiela makes everyone work hard. What is revealed about the healing power of work when Fiela makes everyone work hard?
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