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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Lexington's mother live?
(a) Benoni.
(b) Springs.
(c) Randburg.
(d) Soweto.

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

4. When Tannie Marina brings Amor to her house after telling her her mother died, what is Oom Ockie wearing?
(a) Tracksuit pants and a golf shirt.
(b) Business suit.
(c) Jeans and a T-shirt.
(d) Khakis and a button-down shirt.

5. What time does Alwyn want the apprentice minister to pick him up the next day after Rachel's death?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) 11 a.m.
(c) 10 a.m.
(d) 4 p.m.

6. How long has the elderly woman working on Rachel's body been a volunteer preparing the dead for burial?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 24 years.
(c) 14 years.
(d) 18 years.

7. How old is Wessel?
(a) 26.
(b) 23.
(c) 24.
(d) 21.

8. What does Ockie drive?
(a) Corvair.
(b) Valiant.
(c) DeSoto.
(d) Ford.

9. Where does Anton have Lexington pick him up after he leaves the military camp after his mother's death?
(a) Port Elizabeth.
(b) Pretoria.
(c) Cape Town.
(d) Pretoria.

10. Where does Lexington's father work in a mine?
(a) Mponeng.
(b) Kopanang.
(c) Kusaselethu.
(d) Cullinan.

11. On the day of Rachel's death, where does Marina dream she is on a picnic?
(a) By the ocean.
(b) In her backyard.
(c) An old fort.
(d) In a cemetery.

12. Where is Anton when he learns that his mother has died?
(a) Roodepoort.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Port Elizabeth.
(d) Newcastle.

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. On what side of the city are the cemeteries, including the one where Amor's mother will be buried?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

15. What is the place called where Salome and Lukas live?
(a) The Smythe place.
(b) The Lombard place.
(c) The Aaldenberg place.
(d) The Cuypers place.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Amor been feeling all day in "Ma"?

2. What is the name of the Swart's dog?

3. What religion did Amor's mother return to before her death?

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

5. On the day of Rachel's death, what do Manie and Ockie do after everyone else leaves and only family is left?

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