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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to watch Pieter at rugby practice?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Erik.
(c) Kappie.
(d) Jakob.

2. Who prepares lunch for Pieter when he goes home to eat?
(a) Johannes.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Nella.
(d) Sophie.

3. After rugby practice, Pieter goes for a visit with whom?
(a) His dad.
(b) Anna.
(c) Japie.
(d) Kappie.

4. Who does Japie see Pieter with the night Pieter first breaks his vows?
(a) Stephanie.
(b) Nella.
(c) Anna.
(d) Veronica.

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

6. What sound terrifies Pieter while he is kneeling at the tree?
(a) A crashing sound.
(b) A gun shot.
(c) A scream.
(d) A cracked twig.

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

8. What does Pieter get from the study that they kept for visitors?
(a) An ashtray.
(b) A lighter.
(c) A cigarette.
(d) A shot glass.

9. With whom, during an argument, does Pieter declare that he gives when he is given to?
(a) Sophie.
(b) His father.
(c) Nella.
(d) His mother.

10. Who does Pieter warn his houseboy about because they are "idle and break the law"?
(a) Skelms.
(b) Unemployed.
(c) Klonkies.
(d) Criminals.

11. Who does the lieutenant secretly confide in about the young man's trouble?
(a) His captain.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His wife.

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

13. Who is sentenced to death for violating the immorality act, but not necessarily for murder?
(a) Steyn.
(b) Dick.
(c) Smith.
(d) Erick.

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

15. 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) Move.
(d) Stop breaking the law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the social welfare department located?

2. What does the narrator put aside to write this story?

3. Who spit and turned away from Pieter instead of greeting him?

4. In Chapter 3 when the lieutenant asks the young man how many times before he has approached a black woman as he did Stephanie, what is the young man's answer?

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

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