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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What racist classmate does Pieter envy?
(a) Japie.
(b) Kappie.
(c) Moffie.
(d) Steyn.

2. Who has a drink with Pieter at the Royal Hotel?
(a) Nella.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Anna.
(d) Stephanie.

3. Where was Pieter when he confessed to being angry about being born?
(a) Car.
(b) Kitchen Pantry.
(c) Office.
(d) Store.

4. Who refuses to acknowledge that he might be ill and need bed rest?
(a) Moffie.
(b) Japie.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Pieter.

5. What do Pieter and his companion drink while at the hotel?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Brandy.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Wine.

6. What favor does the old black man in Chapter 7 ask for when the constables come looking for Stephanie?
(a) Do not arrest him.
(b) Look in the huts first.
(c) Don't let anyone know he told them.
(d) Meet him after dark to talk about Stephanie.

7. Pieter's aunt and who else collect stamps for him during the forbidden years declared by his father?
(a) Himself.
(b) His father.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

8. Who does Pieter decide to confide in after church services in Chapter 11?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Vos.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Strander.

9. What does the note say that is pinned to Pieter's door when he comes home from the field?
(a) I saw you.
(b) Nella back tomorrow.
(c) Your dad is worse.
(d) Sorry-missed you.

10. Pieter went through the fence to a farm called ______ and laid in the field with the animals.
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Black lands.
(c) Kruger.
(d) Too Far.

11. According to the judge in Chapter 8, what does Stephanie have to do to prevent the court from possibly taking her child?
(a) Get married.
(b) Find work.
(c) Stop breaking the law.
(d) Move.

12. In Chapter 12, when Pieter and others return for evening church services, who does not stay home?
(a) Moffie.
(b) Nella.
(c) Kappie.
(d) Esther.

13. Who spit and turned away from Pieter instead of greeting him?
(a) Herman Geyer.
(b) Matthew Kaplan.
(c) Abraham Kaplan.
(d) Dominee Stander.

14. What is the name of the aunt Pieter's mom puts on the phone to talk to him in Chapter 6 after his encounter with his father about the stamps?
(a) Nella.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Esther.
(d) Stephanie.

15. Besides Pieter, who is angry about being born?
(a) Jakob.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Kappie.
(d) Stephanie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Japie see Pieter with the night Pieter first breaks his vows?

2. In Chapter 14, what does Sophie remember being afraid Pieter would fall from when he was a sick boy in her care?

3. Pieter vowed to give his life to God if there was no _____ in the dark.

4. Upon returning from evening church services, Pieter kisses Nella. What does she do after he smiles at her?

5. Why does Pieter kneel at the blue-gum tree?

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