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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 262- 290.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa believe is the reason that Katya cheated on Lionel with Dick?
(a) Because Lionel was not in love with Katya.
(b) Because Katya was trying to forget the cause.
(c) Because Katya wanted the attention she was not getting.
(d) Because Katya was not of Lionel's caliber.

2. 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) One of the boys kicks him.
(c) Two hobos mug him.
(d) He dies on the bench.

3. What does Greer say "blackness" means?
(a) Being in unity.
(b) Believing the white man's way of life is best for blacks.
(c) Being racist.
(d) Believing theirs is not a class struggle.

4. What is Colette Swan studying when Lionel marries her?
(a) Politics.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Ballet.

5. What does Rosa consider a sickness?
(a) Politics.
(b) Privileged children.
(c) Not being able to ignore other people's suffering.
(d) Separation of blacks and whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosa named after?

2. What happens to the cottage that Rosa once lived in with Conrad?

3. How do the Sunday dinners at the Burgers' house come about?

4. What suggestion does Bernard make about the publication of a book about Lionel?

5. What does Katya notice about Rosa when she dines with her and Bernard at breakfast?

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