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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. At what age do the men in Gumsto's tribe marry?
2. Which of the following does not describe Seena Van Valck?
3. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?
4. How many rhinoceros horns does the Old Seeker tell chief Ngalo he needs?
5. At what age do the women in Gumsto's tribe marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the imagery of the opening pages of The Covenant, with animals grazing around a dying watering hole, convey about South Africa?
2. Why does Nxumalo decide not to return to his own village once he arrives in Zimbabwe?
3. Who is Pik Prinsloo, and what exciting find does he make in 1978?
4. Why does Vera, the woman Richard Saltwood finds to marry his brother, Hilary, decide not to marry Hilary?
5. Who are the Venloo Commandos, and how do they fare in their skirmishes with the English?
6. What mistake do the English make in their care of the prisoners they take in their battles with the Dutch?
7. Why are white miners starving in Chapter Twelve?
8. How does Paulus De Groot influence Detlev Van Doorn's education?
9. What is life like for black South Africans under apartheid and Detleef Van Doorn's new laws?
10. Explain how Tjaart Van Doorn goes from having everything at the beginning of Chapter Eight to losing everything.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the trekboers, the voortrekkers and the boers in The Covenant. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
What character flaws and strengths do you see in the Saltwood family through the generations depicted in The Covenant? Select at least three characters from the Saltwood family, each from a different generation, and discuss how their flaws and strengths help or hinder the characters in dealing with the conflicts in their relationships and in their historical eras. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
The Covenant contains numerous examples of interracial relationships in South Africa, both interracial friendships and interracial romances and marriages. Pick at least three interracial relationships from the novel and compare and contrast those relationships: Willem Van Doorn and Ateh/Deborah, Willem Van Doorn and Jack/Horda, Petronella Van Doorn and Bezel, Adriaan Van Doorn and Dikkop, Hilary Saltwood and Emma, Heather Botha and Craig Saltwood, and Philip Saltwood and Daniel Nxumalo. What do you think the author is saying about racial relationships, and about human relationships through his depiction of these characters and their friendships and romances? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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