View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through June 7 - Minutes of the Women Talking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women lie about canning?
(a) Apples.
(b) Chokecherries.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Mint leaves.

2. Who was driving the truck playing music?
(a) Klaas.
(b) The Koop brothers.
(c) Peters.
(d) A census-taker.

3. What did Autje and Neitje ask somebody to store?
(a) Food.
(b) The safe.
(c) Milk.
(d) Horses.

4. What did August tell Peters he would do?
(a) Write stories about the colony.
(b) Share his knowledge of the outside world.
(c) Teach the women English.
(d) Get baptized.

5. What is the marrying age for most boys on the colony?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the women, who picked up the quilt they pretended to make?

2. Who points out that many of the people the women love are also those they fear?

3. Who encouraged August to move back to the colony?

4. According to Ona, what makes people cruel?

5. What is forbidden in the colony?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 155 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample