Fiela’s Child Quizzes

Fiela's Child Quiz 1

1 Who is the main protagonist of the novel?
Nina van Rooyen

Selling Komoetie

Benjamin Komoetie

Barta van Rooyen
2 Where is the story set?
South Africa

Nigeria

Botswana

Zimbabwe
3 Why is Benjamin taken from the Long Kloof?
The van Rooyens have requested he come home

He is being abused

Fiela doesn't want him anymore

He is white and living with a black family
4 Who is Mr. Goldbury?
The census taker

The magistrate

The forester who comes to the van Rooyen's house

The man who hires Nina
5 How many children are in the Komoetie family?
4

5

3

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 is an alcoholic

He was worn down from his time doing hard labor in prison
7 What type of environment is the Long Kloof?
Seaside

Wide open plains

Forest

Mountains
8 What animal does Elias try to trap?
Elephants

Birds

Turtles

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

Seller being imprisoned

Dawid's death

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

Fierce

Lazy

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

He hopes to get into a good school
12 What is the main reason that Fiela raises ostriches?
To sell their feathers

To have pets

To compete with the Laghaans

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

Building ostrich pens

Making wood beams

Building the road to Knysna
14 Why does Nina steal a mouth-organ?
To start a band

To mimic bird calls

To sell for money

To perform songs for her father
15 Which adjective best describes Barta?
Anxious

Meek

Empowered

Deceptive
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 her husband's reaction

She is afraid of Fiela Komoetie attacking her

She loves Lukas like a son

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

In the top of a tree

In the village

In the forest
19 What is the first way that Fiela tries to get Benjamin back?
She walks to Knysna to talk to the magistrate

She goes to the forest to intimidate the van Rooyens

She starts a legal case against the magistrate

She prays to God to bring her son back
20 In what type of weather condition is Lukas van Rooyen lost?
Drought

Snow

Fog

Storms
21 How does Dawid die?
He is stabbed

He drinks himself to death

He is bitten by a spider

He is lost in the mountains
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

It is nearly impossible for a three year old to travel the distance between Knysna and the Long Kloof

She believes the census men are making it up because of their racism
23 What is Elias van Rooyen's trade?
Wood cutter

Maker of wood beams

Tapping aloe

Driving a horse cart
24 Why is Elias unable to ever obtain the elephants' ivory?
He is unable to outsmart them

They are all killed before he gets a chance

He scares them away

He is too weak and slow
25 What book of the Bible is referred to in the story?
Corinthians

Kings

Revelations

Romans

Watter boodskap kom sterk na vore in die drama, Fiela se kind?

Asked by Ona T #1342980

Answered by Kabelo S #1347947 on 6/11/2024 7:10 AM

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Fiela se innerlike konflik

I'm sorry, you will need to post your questions in English.

Asked by Nhlaluko H #1305167

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/5/2023 3:56 PM

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What is the internal conflict and the external conflict of fiela Se kind?

The major conflict is that of the inner turmoil in Benjamin as he struggles to find his identity. It could also be Fiela's struggle to relocate Benjamin and get justice.

Asked by Charlotte N #1239027

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/25/2022 12:18 PM

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