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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 is Dr. Mama's first name?

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

3. Why does Hortensia want to remodel her home?

4. What is Hortensia's former profession?

5. What is the name of Hortensia's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hortensia feel when Peter dies?

2. Why does Beulah Gierdien write a letter to the Katterijn community?

3. Why does Hortensia walk to the Koppie?

4. What is the Samsodien family claiming?

5. Why does Hortensia scrub the cast-iron tub at night?

6. How does Marion treat Agnes?

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

8. What shocking news does the lawyer Mr. Marx reveal to Hortensia?

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

10. Why does Marion label Hortensia "a thief"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Hortensia and Marion’s respective treatment and perception of their housekeepers, Bassey and Agnes.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of “age” as it applies to the main characters and the storyline. Why do you think the author chose to focus on two elderly woman?

Essay Topic 3

How do the concepts of wealth and money impact the characters in the novel? What are their relationships to money, and what is Katterijn’s relationship to the concept?

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