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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dr. Mama's first name?
(a) Gilbert.
(b) Greg.
(c) Gary.
(d) Gordon.

2. After apologizing to Marion, Hortensia is left with what?
(a) A sense of longing.
(b) A sense of contentment.
(c) A sense of frustration.
(d) A sense of resentment.

3. What does Hortensia observe Marion doing from her window?
(a) Firing Agnes.
(b) Talking with Frikkie.
(c) Crying.
(d) Moving out.

4. Which nurse does Dr. Mama recommend?
(a) Trudy.
(b) Carol.
(c) David.
(d) Gordon.

5. Which of her mother’s stories does Marion recollect in Chapter Seven?
(a) How she and her father first met.
(b) A family vacation to France.
(c) A boat voyage from South Africa to London.
(d) How Marion got her name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Marion's profession?

2. What is the name of Hortensia's company?

3. What does Hortensia plan on removing and adding to the home?

4. Who does Marion not want to know about the painting?

5. What was the name of Hortensia's classmate, nicknamed "K"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Marion and Hortensia argue over the remodel?

2. Why does Hortensia arrange for Marion to be her nurse?

3. Why does Marion enjoy working with Frikkie on her home reconstruction?

4. How does Marion perceive race?

5. How is the committee dealing with the issues of Beulah Gierdien and the Samsodiens in Chapter Eight?

6. What happens when Hortensia tries to apologize to Marion?

7. What was Marion’s relationship with her parents like?

8. What does Chapter Seven reveal about why Marion became an architect?

9. How does Hortensia feel when Peter dies?

10. Why does Hortensia not wish to help Beulah Gierdien?

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