"The moment before the gun went off"
"The Guilt"
"Labour Pains"
AN Introduction to South Africa
100

What political system is the background of the story?

Apartheid

100

Slot machine

Spillemaskine

100

How is the pregnant woman first described?

Healthy and calm

100

To propagate

Udbrede

200

What happens to Lucas in the story?

He is accidentally shot and killed

200

To irk

irretere

200

Where does the first part of the story take place?

In a minibus on the way to town 

200

Petty

Ubetydelig

300

Who wrote “The Moment Before the Gun Went Off”?

Nadine Gordimer

300

Alsatian

Schæferhund

300

What happens to the pregnant woman?

She goes into labour and gives birth in the taxi

300

Apologist

Forsvarer

400

Why are the newspapers interested in the accident?

Because it fits the image of white brutality in South Africa

400

Debris

Stumper

400

Who Said It? "Now get ready, a new society is about to be born"

Mr. Mosala

400

Sectarian

Sekterisk

500

What is the shocking twist at the end of the story?

Lucas was actually Van der Vyver’s son

500

Okra

Medicinsk plante

500

What idea does childbirth symbolize in the text?

The birth of a new society after apartheid

500

Contemptuously

Nedladende

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