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What did Oom Schalk Lourens always say about witch-doctors?
They could tell the future from looking at your bones.
They tricked people and couldn't tell the future at all.
They couldn't tell most people what they really needed to know.
Their powers only worked if you gave them a big gift.
Why did Oom Schalk Lourens's father and his friend Paul give more gifts to a witch-doctor than they had originally planned?
Because they had heard he was very good at throwing the bones.
Because he looked very impressive as they sat on his floor .
Because they wanted him to predict better futures for them.
Because they wanted to know why Paul was going to die overseas.
What was the main reason the men went off to fight?
To avoid paying taxes to the British.
So they wouldn't have to learn English.
To win the land back for the kafirs.
To win freedom from the Bristish.
Why did the leaders tell the women to stay away from the assembly at the veldkornet's house?
Because they were going to bury the ouderling at the foot of the koppie.
Because women weren't very good at fighting.
Because the woman might cry and make it harder for the men to leave.
Because the assembly was meant to be a secret.
What did Neels Potgieter mean when he said to Martha Rossouw that he would be back "when the moupels are ripe"?
Her family farmed moepels; he would be back in time to help with the harvest.
They were lovers; he was talking about when he would be back to marry her.
She was pregnant; he was talking about when the baby would be born.
She was very young; he was talking about when she would be old enough to make love.
What does the narrator mean when he says that a soldier "keeps on remembering, each year, more and more of the enemy that he has shot"?
As you tell your old war stories over and over, you seem to become a braver and fiercer soldier.
Over the years your memory gets worse and each time you guess, the number you think you shot gets bigger.
As the years go by you meet other soldiers who tell you about additional men they saw you kill.
You don't have time to think in battle, and each year your memory gets clearer.
Why didn't the narrator's men have to send their kafir soldiers into danger?
The enemy soldiers didn't have guns.
His commander was good at hiding from the enemy.
Their white soldiers had killed most of the enemy.
The enemy feared his commander's God.
What did the witch-doctor mean when he told Annie and Martha that the narrator is clever because "he lies behind a big stone, with a dirty brown blanket pulled over his head"?
The narrator and his men are setting a trap to attack the British when they ride past.
The narrator is trying to stay warm because it is cold in the mountains.
The narrator is trying to keep his gun dry for the coming battle.
The narrator is hiding under his blanket so the British don't see him.
Why did the narrator decide not to tell Neels Potgieter about the letter from his sister, Annie?
Because the witch-doctor had been too busy talking about the narrator to give much information about Neels's affairs.
Because he didn't want Neels to know the foolish and spiteful things the witch-doctor had said about him.
Because Neels might talk about Martha and ask him questions about her that he did not want to answer.
Because the witch-doctor had mentioned that Martha had a serious problem with her heart.
What important thing did the witch-doctor not tell Martha?
That she would soon have to go to hospital for her heart problem, and should not see him any more.
That when Neels Potgieter came home, they would kiss and live happily ever after.
That when Neels Potgieter was away, he would find another girlfriend.
That while Neels Potgieter was away, she would change her mind about him.