View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to make Lukas a pair of trousers in Chapter 19?

2. What color flowers does Benjamin see when Nina disappears on the path in Chapter 12?

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

4. Where is the ghost ship from in Chapter 23?

5. In Chapter 16, what is the name of the girl Willem is interested in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elias's latest plan to trap an elephant for its tusks in Chapter 16?

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

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

4. In Chapter 12, what plans do Benjamin and Nina make?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Benjamin has to become Lukas van Rooyen when he lives in the forest. How does Benjamin learn to become Lukas? Is he able to accept his new life?

Essay Topic 3

Elias rules his family with an iron hand. How does Elias treat his family? Is his relationship with various family members abusive?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 966 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample