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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sport do Pieter and the new dominee have in common?
(a) Car racing.
(b) Rugby.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Dog racing.

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

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

4. In Chapter 23, Pieter starts thinking that if he does not get a miracle he will do what?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Tell his wife.
(c) Kill himself.
(d) Tell his captain.

5. Who is the owner of the hotel (Abraham's) brother?
(a) Japie.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Moffie.
(d) Kappie.

6. What does Jakob suggest that he and Pieter search for on a trip to the family farm?
(a) A car for Nella.
(b) The phalarope.
(c) New servants.
(d) More land.

7. What is the name of the native constable that accompanies Pieter to find Stephanie in Chapter 7?
(a) Maseko.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Erik.
(d) Vorster.

8. In Chapter 9, who is already at Stephanie's trial when Sophie arrives?
(a) Japie.
(b) Esther.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Pieter.

9. In Chapter 1, the narrator describes running to save a man, who shuts the door of ____________ instead of accepting the help.
(a) His heart.
(b) His office.
(c) His soul.
(d) His house.

10. When Stephanie is fired, who does she go to for help?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Japie.
(d) The captain.

11. Who offers to fetch Pieter another pipe?
(a) Erik.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Steyn.
(d) Isak.

12. What is the name of the boy chasing the girl that hides in the shadows of the trees in Chapter 2?
(a) Moffie.
(b) Flip.
(c) Dick.
(d) Erik.

13. What do the lieutenant and Kappie both like to collect?
(a) Cars.
(b) Books.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Pens.

14. Who is president of the welfare committee?
(a) Pieter's father.
(b) Pieter's wife.
(c) Pieter's mother.
(d) Pieter's aunt.

15. Who does Pieter decide to confide in after evening church services in Chapter 12, once he decides not to confide in his wife?
(a) Nella.
(b) Kappie.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Jakob.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who tries to give the lieutenant a present, but he refuses unless he pays for it?

2. Who is sentenced to death for violating the immorality act, but not necessarily for murder?

3. Who goes to watch Pieter at rugby practice?

4. After dinner and a smoke, who does Pieter wait for in the dark in Chapter 19?

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

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