The story starts in medias res - that is in the middle of an action where Lilian Thurgood is working in her garden - picking guavas.
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What is the word 'annoyed' in Danish?
irriteret.
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How is William Sidlayi dressed?
In poor/old but clean clothes.
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What do the locked gate and the 10 feet high wall tell you about the situation in the country?
It tells us that white people do not live among black people and that they are afraid of them and protect themselves by fencing their properties.
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Why does Lilian Thurgood feel angry when she is looking for change for William Sidlayi?
She feels angry about the guilt that he makes her feel because he is begging her for money.
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Why is Lilian Thurgood so suspicious of black people who come to her gate?
She has experienced how they have all tried to take advantage of her. They are dishonest and try to cheat her for more money.
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What is the word 'anxious' in Danish?
ængstlig/bekymret/urolig
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How would you describe William Sidlayi's behavior once he enters Lilian Thurgood's house?
He is very bold and tries to cheat her. He underestimates her and thinks he is very cunning.
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What is special about Lilian Thurgood's premises?
Her premises are surrounded by a 10 feet tall wall.
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Why does Lilian Thurgood let William Sidlayi into her garden?
She wants to show him that she trusts him and that she is not a racist and she feels sorry for him.
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How did the woman with the geranium plants trick Lilian Thurgood?
She asked Lilian for some water for the plants and managed to plant 30 plants before Lilian came back. Thus Lilian had to pay for 30 plants in stead of 8.
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What is the word 'biased' in Danish?
forudindtaget/partisk/fordomsfuld
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What does William Sidlayi hand to Lilian Thurgood through the gate?
He hands her a letter on a home-made letterhead, on dirty paper, water-stained, dog-eared, saying that he is collecting donations on behalf of some organization.
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Which currency do they have in South Africa?
The currency is rand.
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How does Lilian Thurgood react to William Sidlayi's behavior inside the house?
She gets angry and commands her Alsatians to attack him. she feels mad.
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Since when do black people take 'merciless advantage' of white people according to Lilian Thurgood?
Since the new government. (p. 126 l. 3)
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What is the word 'apprehensive' in Danish?
bange/ængstlig/bekymret (hurtigtopfattende)
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Why does William ask Lilian Thurgood for 10 rands?
He thinks he can trick her into giving him more money because she is an old, naive, scared woman.
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How/Where do the black people who come to Lilian Thurgood's house work for her?
They work in her garden.
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How does Lilian Thurgood feel once William Sidlayi has left her property?
She feels stunned by her own actions and thinks it was a flash of madness. (At night she cries herself to sleep).
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Why does William Sidlayi not want to take the five rand from Lilian?
SHE thinks it is because he is an honorable man who wants to work for his money - BUT HE just wants to make a scam and trick her into giving him more money.
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What is the word 'petrified' in Danish?
rædselsslagen/stiv af skræk
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How does William react to Lilian Thurgood's behavior when she commands the dogs to attack him etc.?
He is shocked and frightened. He begs her to make the dogs go away and he agrees to give her back the money because he is convinced that she will shoot him.