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What does the narrator say is different about what happens when a young person dies?
The police ask less questions about how they died.
People talking about it feel stronger emotions.
Their past life has got a lot to do with the way people feel.
What worried the narrator most about the dream he had when he was very sick?
Everyone on Earth was dying and there were not enough places to bury them all.
Boers had places on their farms that only white people could be laid to rest in.
People did not have a choice about where and how they were buried.
What reason did Stoffel Oosthuizen give for his people coming to the Transvaal?
They believed that everyone was a member of the same family.
To prove what people said about death being the great leveller.
Because the British had wanted to treat all people the same.
What made Stoffel Oosthuizen especially angry after he saw Hans Welman die?
A yellow dog was jumping around excitedly nearby.
Many more enemy were coming towards him through the bush.
He saw the man who had killed him taking off Hans Welman's clothes.
Why did the group of men go with the cart to where Hans Welman had died?
Because the war was over and they were out collecting remains of all the dead.
Because they did not want his bones to be eaten by wild animals and birds.
So that he could be buried in the correct way on his farm.
What did Stoffel Oosthuizen most likely think when he saw the yellow dog run into the bush as they came close to where Hans Welman had died?
That the dead owner's family must live nearby.
That the dog must have been eating the dead men's bones.
That the dog must really have loved its owner.
Why did one of the men say that it would have been better if they had been fighting the English?
Because the English would have made Hans Welman a prisoner and not killed him and taken his clothes.
Because the English would not have left his body out in the open for the wild animals and birds to eat.
Because it would not have been as bad if Hans Welman were to be buried with another white man's bones.
Why did the men have so much trouble deciding which bones were Hans Welmans's?
Because there were leathery pieces of sun-dried skin lying about everywhere.
Because the two men had similar bodies and were almost the same height.
Because it took the whole afternoon and the light was getting bad.
Why did Stoffel Oosthuizen and the men who went with him feel a growing anger after they returned home?
Because nobody said any kind words like 'they were together in death'.
Because Hans Welman had been a good friend and they were sad to have to bury him.
Because it did not seem right that there were no differences in the remains.
What did Stoffel Oosthuizen most likely think when he saw the yellow dog jump up from beside Hans Welman's headstone?
That they must have buried some of the wrong remains.
That the dog must be the dead black man's ghost.
That the dog must be hungry and was looking for bones.