Fiela’s Child Quizzes

Fiela's Child Quiz 1

1 Who is the main protagonist of the novel?

Selling Komoetie

Benjamin Komoetie

Nina van Rooyen

Barta van Rooyen
2 Where is the story set?

Zimbabwe

South Africa

Nigeria

Botswana
3 Why is Benjamin taken from the Long Kloof?

The van Rooyens have requested he come home

He is being abused

He is white and living with a black family

Fiela doesn't want him anymore
4 Who is Mr. Goldbury?

The man who hires Nina

The magistrate

The census taker

The forester who comes to the van Rooyen's house
5 How many children are in the Komoetie family?

3

5

4

6
6 Why is Selling Komoetie in poor health?

He was beaten badly by the Laghaans

He got cancer but never received medical help

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

He is an alcoholic
7 What type of environment is the Long Kloof?

Forest

Wide open plains

Seaside

Mountains
8 What animal does Elias try to trap?

Elephants

Turtles

Ostriches

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

Seller being imprisoned

Dawid's death

The wild ostriches attacking Tollie

Benjamin being taken away
10 Which of the following adjectives does NOT apply to Fiela?

Prideful

Lazy

Loving

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

He hopes to get into a good school

He needs something to focus on in a confusing situation

He wants to be able to show off his intelligence to the magistrate

His father instructed him to do so
12 What is the main reason that Fiela raises ostriches?

To compete with the Laghaans

To eat them

To have pets

To sell their feathers
13 What does Selling work on as a prisoner?

Building the road to Knysna

Building ostrich pens

Felling trees

Making wood beams
14 Why does Nina steal a mouth-organ?

To start a band

To sell for money

To perform songs for her father

To mimic bird calls
15 Which adjective best describes Barta?

Meek

Anxious

Deceptive

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

3

9

1

6
17 Why might have Barta van Rooyen not admitted she was wrong about Lukas?

She loves Lukas like a son

She is afraid of her husband's reaction

She is afraid of Fiela Komoetie attacking her

Her pride
18 Where is Benjamin when he begins to find clarity about his identity?

In the forest

In the village

By the sea

In the top of a tree
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?

Snow

Fog

Drought

Storms
21 How does Dawid die?

He drinks himself to death

He is stabbed

He is lost in the mountains

He is bitten by a spider
22 Why does Fiela, among others, doubt the story that Benjamin is Lukas?

The child does not speak with a forest accent

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

The child has no memories of the forest

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?

Wood cutter

Maker of wood beams

Driving a horse cart

Tapping aloe
24 Why is Elias unable to ever obtain the elephants' ivory?

He scares them away

They are all killed before he gets a chance

He is too weak and slow

He is unable to outsmart them
25 What book of the Bible is referred to in the story?

Corinthians

Kings

Romans

Revelations

What did the census men say to the magistrate after visiting the langekloof

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

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