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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the Xhosa do in response to Nonqause's prophecy?
2. What punishment is Heather given for breaking the law?
3. Who is sent to the south to see if the Dutch families there can be counted on to join the Dutch families in the north if fighting breaks out between the English and the Dutch?
4. Who invites Detleef to a secret meeting in Chapter Twelve?
5. Who invites Philip to dinner once he's in Africa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the characters of Kharu, Khatje Van Doorn, and Annatjie Van Door in The Covenant. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Some marriages in The Covenant are arranged, some are marriages of convenience, and some are nontraditional interracial relationships. Discuss any three of the following relationships: Willem Van Doorn, Ateh/Deborah, and Katje; Hilary Saltwood, Vera, and Emma; Lodevicus Van Doorn, Rebecca, and Wilhelmina Heimstra; and Paul de Prè, Petronella Van Doorn, and Annatjie Van Doorn. How does the historical era of each union affect the relationship? What do you think the author is saying about the availability of single European women and life on the South African frontier through these marriages?
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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