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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 40- 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do Tony and Rosa stay with their Aunt Velma?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Ten weeks.
(c) Six months.
(d) Four months.

2. Why does Rosa move out of the cottage?
(a) She is sick of it.
(b) She wants to live in the city.
(c) Conrad asks her to.
(d) Conrad is sleeping with someone else.

3. How long does Lionel Burger speak when he gets his chance in court?
(a) One hour and forty seven minutes.
(b) Thirty eight minutes.
(c) Two hours fifteen minutes.
(d) One hour and ten minutes.

4. With what were the two hotel rooms where Rosa stayed filled?
(a) Bed linens.
(b) Books.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Souvenirs.

5. What is shouted in the courtroom after Lionel Burger speaks?
(a) Amen.
(b) Alonga, Amonga.
(c) Awetha, Amandhla.
(d) Burger, Burger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the group knocking at the prison door in the opening pages of the novel?

2. Why do Rosa and Tony stay at her Aunt Velma's hotel when they are young?

3. What memory does Rosa recall one night as she and Conrad walk past her old house?

4. What do the Nel relatives own, besides the hotel?

5. Who is Theo?

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