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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Katya do at Donna's party when she hears Rosa speaking about people's rights?

2. Under what pretense is Marisa arrested?

3. Where do Rosa and Bernard first make love?

4. What does Rosa's "mason" take her to see after their first date?

5. What quote does Bernard use when he speaks of his wife and children to Rosa?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Pages 262-290, how does Rosa become part of France?

2. Who in Rosa's family is arrested and why?

3. What are Rosa's thoughts concerning her future with Bernard?

4. Who does Rosa meet at the bar and what happens between them?

5. What is Greer's trial all about, and what is its outcome for Greer?

6. What does Rosa want to do when she sees the donkey being beaten, and why doesn't she do it?

7. Who comes to dine on asparagus with Rosa and Katya and what advice do they give Rosa?

8. What is the first day like of Rosa's visit to Madame Bagnelli's home? How do the two get along? How long does it appear Rosa will stay?

9. What happens with the woman in the street that Rosa finds and how does it affect her?

10. Why might Rosa have chosen a married man as her lover and not the bricklayer she had met?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rosa says that it is difficult to live in a country that still has heroes. What does she mean by that, and how does it affect her decision to return home?

Essay Topic 2

How has fighting for a cause been too costly for Doctor Lionel Burger and his family?

Essay Topic 3

Flora arrives at the prison and knocks hard at the door the door to be let in to drop off a package for Rosa and Clare. How have things come full circle based on this scene? Explain the irony of the circle.

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