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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who worked with two servants to clean the filth from the small pox in Venterspan?
(a) Martha.
(b) Pieter's mother.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Nella.

3. Who is on leave in Natal?
(a) Vos.
(b) The captain.
(c) Frans.
(d) Steyn.

4. According to Sophie, whose grief and shame are greater than her love?
(a) Anna's.
(b) Martha's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Nella's.

5. Who sees Pieter standing on the street speaking to someone, and then himself salutes Pieter as Pieter walks by him?
(a) Sergeant Fourie.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Jooste.
(d) Steyn.

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

7. In his office, Pieter awaited a call from Pretoria for more supplies. Who came in that he thought about telling them about Stephanie?
(a) His wife.
(b) His tante.
(c) His captain.
(d) His best friend.

8. Who is the father of Stephanie's child?
(a) Steyn.
(b) Vorster.
(c) Dick.
(d) The captain.

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

10. On the street, Pieter speaks with Abraham Kaplan who owns the what?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Butcher shop.
(c) Hotel.
(d) Cigar shop.

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

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

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

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

15. Who goes on leave and takes his mother to Cape Town?
(a) Pieter.
(b) Pieter's captain.
(c) Steyn.
(d) Vorster.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who complained that small pox was not wanted in their home?

2. Who takes the secret book to Nella?

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

4. Where did the black woman die that had small pox?

5. What is inside the big envelope that Pieter takes down and gives to Sophie?

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