Answer these questions on the answer sheet provided. Make sure you remember to write your name on your answers.

• If you can’t remember something, go on to the next question and then go back to the story if you need to once you have tried all the questions.
• If you don’t know the answer immediately, try to work it out by seeing which answer is the least wrong to you!

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Chapter 1

1. When we first meet Kagiso we learn that she has recently moved from:
a. Cape Town
b. Port Elizabeth
c. Johannesburg
d. Kloofsburg

2. While she is having lunch with her mother Kagiso indicates that, ‘If you weren’t in a group, you were nobody’. What group is she talking about?
a. Friendship groups
b. Study groups
c. Religious groups
d. None of the above

3. To ‘disappear socially’ means to:
a. Spend a lot of time at home
b. Not be noticed by others because you don’t fit in anywhere
c. Not to want to be part of a group
d. Like being on your own

Chapter 2

4. Marike says she will bring ‘booze’ to the party. The word ‘booze’ is:
a. An Afrikaans word for drugs
b. A slang term for alcohol
c. A formal word for alcohol
d. A slang term for a particular type of alcohol

5. In this chapter we meet Senatla and her friends. Which of the following lines from the story tell us that Senatla feels pressurized to stay in this friendship group even though she’s not happy:
a. ‘Senatla had to admit she didn’t like Marike much anymore’
b. ‘Marike was often mean to people for no reason’
c. ‘She wasn’t sure about this party either. She didn’t like the dam, especially at night.’
d. ‘Senatla wished she could find new friends, but she also knew leaving the popular group would make life problematic’

6. Senatla’s reaction to Reggie’s idea to invite ‘the new girl’ can be described as:
a. Surprise that he is being kind
b. Suspicious because she knows he’s mean
c. Pleased that he is inviting her
d. Shock that he wants to invite her

Chapter 3

7. When Kagiso tells Senatla that she is excited about meeting her friends, Senatla’s response is, ‘yes….my friends’. The ellipsis (the three dots ‘…’) suggests to the reader that:
a. Senatla is unsure what to say
b. Senatla is lost for words
c. Senatla is coughing
d. Senatla is hesitating because she is worried about what her friends are up to

8. Kagiso chooses not to tell her mother that there is an all-night party at the dam because:
a. She is scared her mom will not allow her to go
b. She is afraid to go to the dam
c. She is a typical teenager
d. None of the above

9. Senatla convinces herself that Reggie and Marike are only planning a ‘harmless prank’. What is an antonym for ‘harmless’? (An antonym has the opposite meaning of a word.)
a. Harming
b. Evil
c. Harmful
d. Harmlessly

Chapter 4

10. Kagiso decides to take her bike to school to meet Senatla. She does this to:
a. Get exercise
b. Prevent her mom from seeing that she is not only meeting Senatla but other friends also
c. To save her mom from driving her to school
d. She is embarrassed about her mom and doesn’t want her new friends to see her

11. Kagiso is concerned about having the ‘perfect outfit’. She wants this because:
a. She wants to make a good impression with her new friends
b. She wants to show her new friends that she has good taste
c. She is being vain
d. She’s hoping that Reggie will notice her

12. We read that Kagiso thinks that, ‘The party tonight might make all the difference’. What difference is Kagiso hoping for?
a. She hopes she’ll become more popular
b. She hopes that she might make friends
c. She hopes that she’ll no longer be lonely
d. All of the above
 
Chapter 5

13. Chapter 5 is where the main action of the story happens. This is what is referred to as the:
a. Narration
b. Resolution
c. Build-up of the plot
d. The climax

14. Why did Reggie tell Kagiso the story of the monster?
a. Because he is a good story-teller
b. Because he wanted to entertain Kagiso and the other friends
c. Because it was part of the trick they were going to play on Kagiso
d. Because they were just having fun

15. Senatla hears Kagiso’s voice ‘quiver’. Which part of speech is quiver?
a. A verb
b. An adjective
c. A noun
d. An adverb

Chapter 6

16. In this chapter we see Senatla first wanting to help Kagiso but she then changes her mind. What makes her shift her decision?
a. She realizes it is too late to help Kagiso
b. She realizes that she is in trouble and wants to save herself
c. She is ashamed of herself
d. She is a bad friend

17. ‘Wouldn’t she want someone to tell her mother the truth if the tables were turned’. The expression, if the ‘tables were turned’ means:
a. If she, (not Kagiso) were the victim of the prank
b. If she could change things
c. If she could turn back the clock
d. If she were to do it again

18. The use of the quotation marks (“ “) in the question, “But why would she tell me that?” indicate:
a. That it is reported speech
b. That the words being spoken are idiomatic
c. That the words have an underlying meaning
d. That the words are the direct words said by the speaker

Chapter 7

19. Which of the following do you think describe Senatla’s character most accurately?
a. She is a coward and is dishonest
b. She is basically good but is easily influenced by others
c. She is influential and powerful
d. She is naïve and lacks courage

20. The story is narrated (told) by means of:
a. First person narrative
b. Second person narrative
c. Third person narrative
d. None of the above

21. The sentence, ‘In the end, the court ruled Kagiso’s death an accident, but Senatla knew the truth’. Is written in past tense. Which is the correct version of this in future tense?
a. In the future the court will rule Kagiso’s death an accident but Senatla will know the truth.
b. In the end, the court rules Kagiso’s death and accident but Senatla will know the truth.
c. In the end, the court will rule Kagiso’s death an accident, but Senatla will know the truth.
d. In the end, the court has ruled Kagiso’s death an accident, but Senatla is knowing the truth.