Discuss THE SETTING of ‘The Test’ by Njabula Ndebele • Write an academic essay of 1000–1500 words in five paragraphs (Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion). •USE intext referencing and REFERENCING

I'm sorry, this is a short-answer forum for text specific questions. We are unable to assist students with writing assignments. The test of the title is not one in the academic sense. Rather it is a test of manhood. Specifically, a test of endurance. More specifically, a test of man against nature—or, rather, young boy against nature—as well as boy against boy. The protagonist takes on the challenge to best a rival to see who can hold their own against an extremity of cold rain. The endurance test is lent further dimension by taking place in the bleak surroundings of a small black township and pitting a protagonist who enjoys a higher standard of living and economic status than his soccer-playing mates. The setting of the stories in the collection are a South African town when apartheid was legal and being practiced in South Africa.