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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young dominee tell Pieter that he might have a duty to be?
(a) A patient man.
(b) A diaken.
(c) A captain.
(d) A good listener.

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

3. What item has Stephanie been instructed to put into the clothing of the man she was with in the vacant ground?
(a) A small stone.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A marked coin.
(d) A shell.

4. Besides the shoes and flannels, what other items does the captain send home for from Pieter?
(a) His pants.
(b) His gloves.
(c) His hat.
(d) His jacket.

5. What is inside the big envelope that Pieter takes down and gives to Sophie?
(a) The deed to the house.
(b) Pieter's will.
(c) A thick black book.
(d) A note.

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

7. When asked by the magistrate, who suggests it would be best to remove Stephanie's child?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Esther.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Pieter's mom.

8. Who gives the young dominee back his ring?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Anna.
(c) Nella.
(d) Martha.

9. According to Sophie, who could not tell a man so now the whole world knew?
(a) Steyn.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Kappie.

10. Who finds Peter praying when looking for him at tea time?
(a) Pieter's mother.
(b) Jakob.
(c) Nella.
(d) Sophie.

11. According to the young dominee, besides Pieter, who may be invited to join a famous rugby team?
(a) Vorster.
(b) Himself.
(c) Dick.
(d) Kappie.

12. Who leaves a note at the house for Pieter?
(a) Nella.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Stephanie.

13. Who wished to have been made a woman?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Moffie.
(c) Japie.
(d) Kappie.

14. What is the name of Nella's family's farm?
(a) Pretoria.
(b) Vergelegen.
(c) Venterspan.
(d) Slabbert.

15. Who collects, burns and destroys anything of or about Pieter in Jakob's home at his instruction?
(a) Pieter's mom.
(b) Frans.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who finds Stephanie a job at the hotel?

2. According to Jakob, who told him he should not argue with such learned men as the Englishman that authored the bird book?

3. What book does Jakob cross out Pieter's name from while the captain watches?

4. Abraham Kaplan's daughter, Rachel plays what instrument?

5. Who stays alone in the country with his wife after Pieter is sentenced?

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