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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After Pieter left his office, who waited for the call to come in from Pretoria?
(a) The captain.
(b) Jooste.
(c) Vorster.
(d) Steyn.

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

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

6. According to Jakob, who told him he should not argue with such learned men as the Englishman that authored the bird book?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Sybrand.
(c) Kappie.
(d) Frans.

7. Who told Pieter about the charges against him?
(a) Captain Jooste.
(b) His captain.
(c) Japie.
(d) Vorster.

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

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

10. When Pieter's captain goes on leave, who will be left in charge?
(a) Steybn.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Pieter.
(d) Captain Jooste.

11. Whose daughter brought back a box of shells?
(a) Frans'.
(b) Steyn's.
(c) Stephanie's.
(d) Pieter's.

12. Who thought that neither Pieter nor Nella had ever been safe in love?
(a) Kappie.
(b) Pieter's mother.
(c) Martha.
(d) Sophie.

13. Who stopped by Pieter's office at the police station to pay him a pound toward the loan Pieter gave him?
(a) Japie.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Kappie.

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

15. On the family picnic outing, who sat in the front seat and held Jakob's hand?
(a) Pieter's daughter.
(b) Kappie's niece.
(c) Frans' son.
(d) Pieter's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his "miracle", who does Pieter tease at his father's home later that evening?

2. Why did Stephanie lose her first job?

3. Who says it's too late to find Stephanie a job?

4. While still in his home, to whom does Pieter give a big envelope?

5. Who met Nella and the kids when they returned from her family's farm?

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