Fiela’s Child Quizzes

Fiela's Child Quiz 1

By Beth Tolmach · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed January 13, 2020

1 Who is the main protagonist of the novel?

Barta van Rooyen

Selling Komoetie

Nina van Rooyen

Benjamin Komoetie
2 Where is the story set?

Nigeria

Zimbabwe

South Africa

Botswana
3 Why is Benjamin taken from the Long Kloof?

He is being abused

He is white and living with a black family

Fiela doesn't want him anymore

The van Rooyens have requested he come home
4 Who is Mr. Goldbury?

The man who hires Nina

The magistrate

The forester who comes to the van Rooyen's house

The census taker
5 How many children are in the Komoetie family?

5

6

3

4
6 Why is Selling Komoetie in poor health?

He is an alcoholic

He was worn down from his time doing hard labor in prison

He got cancer but never received medical help

He was beaten badly by the Laghaans
7 What type of environment is the Long Kloof?

Forest

Wide open plains

Mountains

Seaside
8 What animal does Elias try to trap?

Elephants

Turtles

Birds

Ostriches
9 The "omens" Fiela receives in the beginning of the story foretell what negative situation?

The wild ostriches attacking Tollie

Benjamin being taken away

Dawid's death

Seller being imprisoned
10 Which of the following adjectives does NOT apply to Fiela?

Lazy

Prideful

Loving

Fierce
11 Why does Benjamin repeat his multiplication tables while at the magistrate's office?

He hopes to get into a good school

His father instructed him to do so

He needs something to focus on in a confusing situation

He wants to be able to show off his intelligence to the magistrate
12 What is the main reason that Fiela raises ostriches?

To have pets

To compete with the Laghaans

To sell their feathers

To eat them
13 What does Selling work on as a prisoner?

Felling trees

Building the road to Knysna

Making wood beams

Building ostrich pens
14 Why does Nina steal a mouth-organ?

To start a band

To mimic bird calls

To perform songs for her father

To sell for money
15 Which adjective best describes Barta?

Deceptive

Anxious

Meek

Empowered
16 How old is Lukas van Rooyen when he disappears?

1

6

9

3
17 Why might have Barta van Rooyen not admitted she was wrong about Lukas?

She is afraid of Fiela Komoetie attacking her

Her pride

She loves Lukas like a son

She is afraid of her husband's reaction
18 Where is Benjamin when he begins to find clarity about his identity?

In the top of a tree

By the sea

In the village

In the forest
19 What is the first way that Fiela tries to get Benjamin back?

She prays to God to bring her son back

She walks to Knysna to talk to the magistrate

She starts a legal case against the magistrate

She goes to the forest to intimidate the van Rooyens
20 In what type of weather condition is Lukas van Rooyen lost?

Drought

Fog

Storms

Snow
21 How does Dawid die?

He is bitten by a spider

He is stabbed

He is lost in the mountains

He drinks himself to death
22 Why does Fiela, among others, doubt the story that Benjamin is Lukas?

The child has no memories of the forest

The child does not speak with a forest accent

She believes the census men are making it up because of their racism

It is nearly impossible for a three year old to travel the distance between Knysna and the Long Kloof
23 What is Elias van Rooyen's trade?

Tapping aloe

Maker of wood beams

Driving a horse cart

Wood cutter
24 Why is Elias unable to ever obtain the elephants' ivory?

He is unable to outsmart them

He is too weak and slow

They are all killed before he gets a chance

He scares them away
25 What book of the Bible is referred to in the story?

Revelations

Romans

Corinthians

Kings

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They might have found the boy that went missing 9 years ago

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