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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71- 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Bassie?
(a) A worker at the hotel.
(b) Lily's brother.
(c) The black boy who lived with the Burgers.
(d) The Burger's dog.

2. How many black miners participated in the strike of 1946 in South Africa?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 25,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 76,000.

3. Who is Lily?
(a) She is a neighbor of the Burgers'.
(b) She is Mrs. Burger's colleague.
(c) She is the servant of the Burger's.
(d) She is Rosa's girlhood friend.

4. Why has Lionel been imprisoned?
(a) For fighting against apartheid.
(b) For treason.
(c) For attmepting to overthrow the government.
(d) For theft.

5. What did the trial after the strike allow the government to do?
(a) Shut down the African Mineworkers Union.
(b) Stop underground operations.
(c) Get Lionel Burger ousted from the Communist Party.
(d) Pass the Supression of Communism Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa consider a sickness?

2. How does Rosa feel about Conrad when she moves from the cottage?

3. What does Rosa do for a living after she leaves the hospital?

4. What does the old-maid school teacher do to the Burger family?

5. What is the name of Lily's baby boy?

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