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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. What color were Lukas's eyes?

2. In Chapter 3, what are the children chasing?

3. By midday in Chapter 1, how many woodcutters are searching for Lukas?

4. In Chapter 11, how long does Fiela believe it will take her to walk to Knysna?

5. Who taught Fiela to read and write?

Short Essay Questions

1. What possible news of Lukas is there at the end of Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 10, what does Benjamin see and feel when he gets to Barnard's Island?

3. In Chapter 9, what happens when Barta comes to see Benjamin?

4. 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?

5. In Chapter 6, why does Fiela want Tollie to stay in the house?

6. How did Benjamin come to live with Selling and Fiela?

7. What was Selling's sentence when he was convicted of murder, and how did he get free?

8. How did the woodcutters help Elias and Barta before they left for the village?

9. How is Pollie settling in at Fiela's?

10. What does Fiela decide to do on Monday in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Strangers often treat people from the forest as inconsequential and uneducated. Who is a man that Malie remembers camping near her home? What did the man denigrate her family for doing? Was the man a hypocrite for denigrating Malie’s family?

Essay Topic 2

Elias is always wanting to make more money with minimum effort. Why does Elias decide he can make money from the elephants? How does his obsession with the elephants backfire?

Essay Topic 3

Benjamin has to become a different person after he leaves the Long Kloof. What struggles does Benjamin have with identity after he leaves the Long Kloof? How does Benjamin reclaim his identity?

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