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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 171- 210.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) To join the Communist Party.
(d) Beware Flora.

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

3. Why was Ivy Terblanche sentenced to prison in the past?
(a) She would not testify against Lionel.
(b) She would not testify against her husband.
(c) She was caught passing information against the government.
(d) She was a member of the Communist Party.

4. What did the trial after the strike allow the government to do?
(a) Get Lionel Burger ousted from the Communist Party.
(b) Pass the Supression of Communism Act.
(c) Stop underground operations.
(d) Shut down the African Mineworkers Union.

5. What does Rosa do on the day of the anniversary of her father's death?
(a) She goes to his grave.
(b) She visits Ivy and Dick.
(c) She goes shopping.
(d) She goes to Lenin's grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brandt believe was Lionel's downfall?

2. Who is Bassie?

3. How many homes does Rosa visit in a number of months in the town in which her father died?

4. Why do Rosa and Tony stay at her Aunt Velma's hotel when they are young?

5. How many black miners participated in the strike of 1946 in South Africa?

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