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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day of Rachel's death, what do Manie and Ockie do after everyone else leaves and only family is left?
(a) Read the paper.
(b) Go outside for a smoke and a drink.
(c) Watch TV.
(d) Listen to the radio.

2. When Anton returns home after his mother's death, what has Tannie Marina baked?
(a) Koeksisters.
(b) Milk tart.
(c) Sponge cake.
(d) Malva pudding.

3. When Marina dreams on the day of Rachel's day, what does she dream she is eating?
(a) Apricots.
(b) Blueberries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Strawberries.

4. What does Ockie wear when they drive Amor to her home after she learns her mother has died?
(a) Brown trousers and yellow shirt.
(b) Gray trousers and green shirt.
(c) Black trousers and white shirt.
(d) Navy trousers and blue shirt.

5. When Anton receives the news of his mother's death, how long has it been since he has had sleep?
(a) 40 hours.
(b) 54 hours.
(c) 36 hours.
(d) 48 hours.

6. With whom does Marina dream she is on a picnic on the day Rachel dies?
(a) P. W. Botha.
(b) Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd.
(c) Balthazar Johannes Vorster.
(d) Louis Botha.

7. What type of car is Tannie Marina when she picks Amor up from school?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Cadillac.
(c) Chevy.
(d) Cressida.

8. What is the name of the elderly woman working on Rachel's body?
(a) Gwen.
(b) Anna.
(c) Makala.
(d) Sara.

9. What breaks in Amor's room when she goes to change after going into her mother's empty room?
(a) Sea shell.
(b) Tortoise shell.
(c) Picture.
(d) Hand mirror.

10. How long had Ockie been paying a funeral policy for Rachel when she died?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 25 years.

11. What is the name of Alwyn Simmers' sister?
(a) Laetitia.
(b) Martha.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Prudence.

12. How old is Salome?
(a) 45.
(b) 40.
(c) 51.
(d) 53.

13. In "Ma," what does the word on the desk in "Ma" look like to Amor?
(a) Caterpillar.
(b) Insect on its back.
(c) Spider on its back.
(d) Beetle on its back.

14. What type of dog do the Swarts have?
(a) Bernese mountain dog.
(b) Bullmastiff.
(c) Boerboel.
(d) Alsatian.

15. How long has Amor lived at the hostel waiting for her mother to die?
(a) 5 months.
(b) 7 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did South Africa switch to the metric system?

2. Where is Anton when he learns that his mother has died?

3. Where does Lexington's father work in a mine?

4. The day before Anton's mother died, where did he shoot and kill a woman?

5. What color gloves does Tannie Marina wear when she drives?

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