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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many attacks did the colony experience?
(a) About 25.
(b) Around 100.
(c) Over 200.
(d) Fewer than 10.

2. What image represented "leave"?
(a) A cow's face.
(b) The horizon.
(c) The rear end of a horse.
(d) A buggy.

3. Who is the eldest Loewen woman?
(a) Salome.
(b) Nettie.
(c) Mejal.
(d) Greta.

4. According to Ona, what makes people cruel?
(a) Fear.
(b) Religion.
(c) Authority.
(d) Love.

5. Why is August taking the minutes?
(a) The women want to focus on the meeting.
(b) The women do not have pens.
(c) The women cannot read or write.
(d) The women are talking too quickly.

6. What image represented "stay and fight"?
(a) Two colony members dueling.
(b) A gun.
(c) Two women smiling.
(d) A knife.

7. Why was Ona a reliable target for the attackers?
(a) She lived in a shed.
(b) She was unmarried.
(c) She was ill.
(d) She had children.

8. Where do the women meet for their discussions?
(a) A hayloft.
(b) A local business.
(c) Ona's living room.
(d) A co-op.

9. Who wears their socks rebelliously?
(a) Autje and Neitje.
(b) Salome and Neitje.
(c) Ona and Salome.
(d) Greta and Agata.

10. What will the "Do Nothing" women do while the others are in the meetings?
(a) They will do the chores.
(b) They will tell the men what is happening.
(c) They will hide the livestock.
(d) They will hide the children.

11. Where does August live?
(a) In Greta's house.
(b) In Ona's house.
(c) In a shed.
(d) In Peters's house.

12. Who organized the meeting between the women?
(a) Ona and August.
(b) Mejal and Salome.
(c) Neitje and Autje.
(d) Agata and Greta.

13. What is forbidden in the colony?
(a) Horses.
(b) Milk.
(c) Wagons.
(d) Cars.

14. How old is Neitje?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 22.
(d) 13.

15. Who encouraged August to move back to the colony?
(a) A waitress.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who watches the children during the meetings?

2. Why do Autje and Neitje fear Ona?

3. Who says, "A very small amount of hate is a necessary ingredient to life" (26)?

4. Who asks, "But is forgiveness that is coerced true forgiveness?" (26)?

5. How old is Miep?

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