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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 12, how long does Barta say that Willem said they would be cutting wagon wood?

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

3. What is the cost of a marriage fee?

4. How long did Nina sit in the forest after she was let go from a job in the village in Chapter 20?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Nina upset at the end of Chapter 18?

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

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

7. How does Benjamin become Lukas in Chapter 19?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

A person who is determined is strong and works hard. What are some examples of Fiela’s determination? Is she tenacious? What is divulged about determination through her actions?

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