Journey to Jo'burg Chapters 4 to 7

How did Tiro and Naledi get to Jo'burg?

• They walked all the way.

• They got a ride in a truck.

• They borrowed some bycicles from a farmer.

• They never made it to Jo'burg

What happened to Tiro and Naledi's father?

• He was sent to a prison farm.

• He died because of the unhealthy condintions working on a farm.

• He died because of the unhealthy condintions working in a mine.

• He was working in another country.

Why couldn't the truck driver take them all the way to teh house where Mma lived?

• He was too tired from driving all day.

• He thought it would be too dangerous.

• He didn't have time as he had to keep working.

• He said he had already done enough for them.

The driver said "You've got a lot of guts but you know nothing about Jo'burg. It's a dangerous place." What does it mean to have a lot of guts?

• You are uneducated.

• You are weak.

• You are courageous.

• You are childish.

Why was the bus driver angry with the children?

• The bus was only for white people.

• They didnt have money to pay the bus.

• They couldn't tell him where they were going.

• They were too slow getting on the bus.

What can we infer about Grace from the following quote?

"It's not you who should be sorry...they should be sorry, those stupid people. Why shouldn' we use the bus? When our buses are full, theirs are half-empty."

• She is scared of white people.

• She hates the bus drivers.

• She is angry with Tiro and Naledi.

• She has a strong sense of justice.

Did Mma get permission from her boss to go back to the village the next day?

• Yes, but she would have to be back in one week.

• Yes, but she would lose her job.

• No, because the lady of the house was organising a party.

• No because the lady's daighter needed Mma.

What was it that fascinated Tiro in the big house?

• The light switch

• The dogs

• The garden

• the kitchen

Why can't the children spend the night in arktown with Mma?

• The police wouldn't like it.

• Mma's boss thought the children were dirty.

• The children were too scared of the dogs.

• There was no extra bed in the house where Mma worked.