View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Clare want from Rosa when she goes to her apartment to see her?
(a) She wants Rosa to make copies for the cause.
(b) She wants Rosa to join the revolt.
(c) She wants Rosa to get the key to the copy room at work.
(d) She wants Rosa to protest with her.

2. Who is Rosa named after?
(a) Her great-grandmother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

3. What happens to the man in the park who was sitting on the bench across from Rosa?
(a) He drops his ice cream cone and the pigeons eat it.
(b) He dies on the bench.
(c) One of the boys kicks him.
(d) Two hobos mug him.

4. What does Clare tell Rosa about the cause and her involvement in it?
(a) She is obligated to continue her parents work.
(b) It will be easier for them than their parents.
(c) She wants to be there when the future happens.
(d) She can envision no other life for herself.

5. What is Rosa's profession when she grows up?
(a) She is a psychologist.
(b) She is a nurse.
(c) She is a physical therapist.
(d) She is a physiotherapist.

6. What is the main topic of conversation between the men at Fats' home?
(a) Detained friends.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) Lionel Burger.
(d) Black athletes playing in the white athletes' games.

7. What does Dick whisper to Rosa in the window of her car as she is about to leave his home?
(a) She should stay away from all of Lionel's associates.
(b) She should be part of the revolt that is about to happen.
(c) Beware Flora.
(d) To join the Communist Party.

8. What is Rosa doing in the public square?
(a) Eating her lunch.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Kissing a young man.
(d) Playing with two boys.

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

10. Why is the group knocking at the prison door in the opening pages of the novel?
(a) They came for visiting hour.
(b) They came to revolt.
(c) They were promised they could deliver supplies to their loved ones.
(d) They came to complain.

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

12. What are the colors of Rosa Burger's uniform?
(a) Blue and gold.
(b) Brown and yellow.
(c) White and navy.
(d) Tan and green.

13. What does the schoolmaster say about what blacks want in the discussion at Fats' home?
(a) They want the white man to disappear.
(b) They want political leaders in jail.
(c) They want to fight at any cost.
(d) They want to be alive--not killed.

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

15. What happens to the cottage that Rosa once lived in with Conrad?
(a) It is bulldozed.
(b) It is burned down.
(c) It is destroyed by a gang.
(d) It is reconstructed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Greer's concern for Marisa after she arrives at Fats'?

2. Who is Theo?

3. Why does Rosa move out of the cottage?

4. What intimate information does Clare share with Rosa at the empty apartment?

5. What response does Tandi make to Rosa when Rosa asks her if the baby is hers?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 623 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample