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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who teases Martha about the young dominee?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Kappie.
(d) Jakob.

2. How many pairs of shoes does Pieter tell the captain he has during his interview?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. Who did Pieter first ask about once he returned home with Japie from Slabbert's field?
(a) His kids.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

4. Who wanted to go to Japie about Stephanie, but did not?
(a) Pieter's mom.
(b) Pieter.
(c) Esther.
(d) Sophie.

5. Who does Pieter tease on the phone?
(a) His sister Marha.
(b) His aunt.
(c) The young dominee.
(d) His wife.

6. Feeling unclean, who is Pieter worried will want to touch him?
(a) His kids.
(b) His mom.
(c) His wife.
(d) His aunt.

7. Who does Pieter stop to speak with on the street that has only one pound of money left?
(a) Esther.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Moffie.

8. In Chapter 27, Apie wants Pieter to talk to Sophie about whom?
(a) Nella.
(b) Anna.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Veronica.

9. Who gives Pieter's mom a picture of Pieter as a keepsake?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Martha.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jakob.

10. Who does Sophie wish had written her nephew's story instead of herself?
(a) Pieter.
(b) No one.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Pieter's mom.

11. Who dies eight days after Pieter is arrested and charged?
(a) Jakob.
(b) Stephanie.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Frans.

12. Where does Pieter go to give the three pounds to help the person he met on the street earlier that day?
(a) Slabbert's field.
(b) The vacant ground.
(c) The low country.
(d) Kappie's store.

13. Why did Stephanie lose her second job?
(a) Her child was ill and she missed work.
(b) She was fired.
(c) She quit.
(d) Her employer died.

14. Sophie and the captain followed Pieter to his house after he was found in Slabbert's field. Who was with Pieter in the house?
(a) Kappie.
(b) Japie.
(c) Nella.
(d) Jakob.

15. Why does Kappie refuse to call Pieter by his first name?
(a) Respect.
(b) Guilt.
(c) He was told not to.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Pieter and Jakob to look at the birds?

2. According to the young dominee, besides Pieter, who may be invited to join a famous rugby team?

3. Who does not attend Stephanie's hearing before the magistrate that he attended last time?

4. Who wished to have been made a woman?

5. Who thought that neither Pieter nor Nella had ever been safe in love?

(see the answer keys)

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