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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the constables took Stephanie back to the vehicle, who stayed behind?
(a) Vorster.
(b) Erik.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Maseko.

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

3. Where is the social welfare department located?
(a) In the old school.
(b) In the new village square.
(c) In the old butcher shop.
(d) In part of the old hospital.

4. 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.

5. Whose written letter under the door at home upsets Pieter upon reading it?
(a) Nella's.
(b) Stephanie's.
(c) The captain's.
(d) Steyn's.

6. In Chapter 21, who said to Pieter, "duty is duty"?
(a) Jakob.
(b) The captain.
(c) Kappie.
(d) Japie.

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

8. In Chapter 14, what does Sophie remember being afraid Pieter would fall from when he was a sick boy in her care?
(a) The porch.
(b) A tree.
(c) A wall.
(d) The bed.

9. What is the name of the girl the lieutenant hears moving to hide in the shadows of trees in Chapter 2?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Nella.
(c) Esther.
(d) Sophie.

10. 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) Sophie.
(b) Nella.
(c) Esther.
(d) Stephanie.

11. On his sickbed in Chapter 17, Jakob is visited by Dominee Stander, the captain, and _________________.
(a) Dominee Vos.
(b) Officer Steyn.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Sybrand Wessel.

12. According to the narrator, great strength calls a man to honor while great _______________ calls a man to dishonor.
(a) Pain.
(b) Weakness.
(c) Love.
(d) Hatred.

13. 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) Stop breaking the law.
(c) Move.
(d) Find work.

14. According to Jakob in Chapter 15, who thinks the phalarope is a bird of the coast?
(a) His brother.
(b) Pieter.
(c) The Englishman.
(d) Kappie.

15. The young dominee ends his sermon with these words, "I am come that ye might have life, and have it more _______, saith the Lord."
(a) Fully.
(b) Abundantly.
(c) Truthfully.
(d) Peacably.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is dinner served at cousin Anna's home?

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

3. Who is president of the welfare committee?

4. Who does Pieter's gift bring together?

5. With whom, during an argument, does Pieter declare that he gives when he is given to?

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