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100

This family member suggests the installation of more security devices to protect their home.

Who is the husband?

100

This person was the first black president of South Africa.

Who was Nelson Mandela.

100

This is the person who wrote "Once Upon A Time"

Who was Nadine Gordimer

100

This character got stuck in the fence.

Who was the little boy

100

A decorative molding around the wall just below the ceiling

What is a cornice.

200
This family member is regarded as the wise old witch.

Who is the husband's mother.

200

This person was the secretary of the South African Council of Churches.

Who was Desmond Tutu.

200

This is where the author lived her whole life.

Where is South Africa.

200

This character suggested adding burglar bars to the doors and windows of the house.

Who is the trusted housemaid.
200

a serrated or jagged edge or surface

What is a serration.

300

What does the boy receive for Christmas.

What is a Space Man outfit and a book of fairy tales.

300

Prime Minister of South Africa who created and implemented the apartheid policies.

Who was Hendrik Verwoerd.

300

This novel won her the Booker Prize.

What is "The Conservationist"

300

This character brought the little boy's tricycle from the garden into the house every night afraid that burglars could still climb over the fence.

Who is the husband.

300

to harass someone persistently

What is importuned

400

This security measure is installed on top of the walls surrounding the house.

What is razor-bladed coils.

400

African political group who opposed the segregation and fought for African rights.

Who where African National Congress (ANC).

400

The year that Nadine Gordimer won the Booker Prize

What is 1974.

400

This character is assumed dead at the end of the story.

Who was the little boy.

400

one who travels from place to place for work

What is an itinerant

500

This character gets stuck in the fence.

Who is the little boy.

500

Law that made members of the Black majority required to carry identification papers, restricting their movement.

What were Pass Laws.

500

The year that Nadine Gordimer won the Nobel prize in Literature.

What is 1991.

500

This character buys extra bricks for the family's fence.

Who is the wise old witch.

500

a condition in which the heart beats with a quick, irregular rhythm

What is an Arrhythmia

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