Harry Crown. Big Hettie. Who does Hoppie Groenewald fight in Gravelotte? Gert Marais. Jackhammer Smit. What happens to Granpa Chook on the Judge's last day at the boarding school? He is granted immunity from Hitler by the Judge. He runs away. He dies after being attacked by some dogs. He is strung up and killed by the boys with rocks from their catapults.
What composition is Doc scared of playing at the town recital? Chopin's Adante Spianato. Fur Elise. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. Beethoven's Symphony Number Five. What is the chant the Africans cry out at Peekay's fights? Onoshobaishobi Engilosi. Onoshobishobi Ingelosi. Peekay Peekay Peekay!
Who teaches Peekay an eight punch combination, which is then named after him? I will avenge you, this I promise. Don't cry, champ, don't cry, little boetie '" He does so by beating up Borman with the help of Klipkop in front of everyone on the boxing team, and getting him to admit that he was the one that killed Geel Piet.
Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. Study Guide. By Bryce Courtenay. Previous Next. Peekay regains consciousness in Barberton hospital, terribly worried about Doc. The boy's jaw has been broken, making it impossible for him to speak. A fifteen- year-old nurse with acne, Marie, looks after Peekay and calls him her "skattebol" fluffball.
She tells Peekay that he has become a town hero for trying to restrain a "German spy. Peekay remembers Doc's version of God-a force too busy training bees to fuss with silly humans. Peekay's mother calls Doc an "evil man" who attempted to kill him. Peekay fumes with frustration-he is the only one who knows the truth but he is unable to speak up to defend Doc. He writes to Mrs. Boxall asking her to visit him as soon as possible. Marie eventually agrees to convey the letter on Peekay's behalf.
While waiting for Mrs. Boxall, Peekay writes a long letter explaining the details of Doc's arrest. Boxall expresses delight at Peekay's testimony and exclaims that it has arrived just in time-the military court is about to put Doc on trial. She shows Peekay the front page of their local newspaper, The Goldfields News. Peekay receives a letter from Mrs. Boxall--she has shown his testimony to Mr. Andrews, the lawyer, but he has said that the piece is so sophisticated that no one will believe that a seven-year-old wrote it.
Marie, the only person who can understand Peekay's garble through his broken jaw, is thus commissioned to be his interpreter. Peekay, Marie, Mrs.
Boxall, and Mr. Andrews arrive at the magistrate Colonel de Villiers' office. Marie takes a while to find her voice, but Peekay manages to prove that he wrote the statement by writing down the names of various Latin succulents. They win the case, but Doc has to remain in prison since he did not register as a foreign alien when he arrived in South Africa fifteen years previously.
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