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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old is Pieter when he is forbidden to continue to collect stamps?
2. What street goes to the "black people's location"?
3. Who does Pieter decide to confide in after evening church services in Chapter 12, once he decides not to confide in his wife?
4. Pieter went through the fence to a farm called ______ and laid in the field with the animals.
5. Where was Pieter when he confessed to being angry about being born?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Stephanie come to Pieter's house?
2. How does Pieter help Vorster after he sees Vorster's note?
3. What happens with Stephanie during her first trial?
4. In Chapter 12, after evening church services Pieter tried to convey his need to his wife for more of her love and attention to keep him from temptation. What happens?
5. Why does Stephanie have power now over the young man that chased her into the shadows of the trees?
6. Pieter tried to go on with his life as usual. How?
7. According to Chapter 6, who is Smith?
8. The narrator describes the lieutenant as "two men," in Chapter 1. How does the narrator justify such a description?
9. What happened with small pox in Venterspan?
10. What happens when Pieter takes Stephanie the money so she will not have to break the law to get money?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pieter is betrayed by Stephanie and Steyn. What are the circumstances behind both betrayals? Also, why does his captain feel the way he does about this turn of events once he realizes Pieter is indeed guilty?
Essay Topic 2
Paton uses this story to convey a disdain for the apartheid in South Africa. Cite specific details from the story that demonstrate this disdain, an indictment of such hatred and bigotry, as well as providing how such affected the story and its characters' "realness."
Essay Topic 3
In Chapters 9 and 31 Stephanie comes before the magistrate. Compare and contrast each appearance and how it affects her life and that of her child. (Include - what brings her into court each time; what happens in court; and immediately following each court appearance).
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