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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jakob suggest that he and Pieter search for on a trip to the family farm?
(a) More land.
(b) New servants.
(c) The phalarope.
(d) A car for Nella.

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

4. When Stephanie is fired, who does she go to for help?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Pieter.
(c) The captain.
(d) Japie.

5. Besides Pieter, who is angry about being born?
(a) Kappie.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Jakob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who offers to fetch Pieter another pipe?

2. How old is Pieter when he is forbidden to continue to collect stamps?

3. According to Jakob in Chapter 15, who thinks the phalarope is a bird of the coast?

4. Before the note, what did Pieter plan to do to cleanse his corruption?

5. With whom, during an argument, does Pieter declare that he gives when he is given to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pieter get so upset about Nella's response to his letter?

2. Why does Pieter ask Johannes about Esther?

3. Why does Japie's revelation about the note that Pieter found pinned to his door cause Pieter relief?

4. How does Pieter cleanse the smell of kakiebos from his greatcoat after being with Stephanie, and how does he plan to cleanse himself from such corruption?

5. Who brought the charge against Pieter and how did he prove it was Pieter?

6. Pieter was allowed to go home but what did he find when he got there?

7. What does Pieter's mom do after Jakob dies?

8. Who is Moffie and why does Pieter envy him?

9. What happens when Pieter finds Stephanie alone before the two constables arrive to take her away in Chapter 7?

10. According to Kappie, why does Pieter's neighbor, old Herman, spit and turn from him when he sees Pieter?

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