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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71- 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Marcus' plan concerning Lionel Burger?
(a) Marcus was going to write about the trial.
(b) Marcus was going to get public support for Lionel.
(c) Marcus was going to help Lionel leave Africa.
(d) Marcus was going to make a documentary about Lionel.

2. Why is the group knocking at the prison door in the opening pages of the novel?
(a) They came to revolt.
(b) They were promised they could deliver supplies to their loved ones.
(c) They came to complain.
(d) They came for visiting hour.

3. What is the name of Lily's baby boy?
(a) Noel.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Tony.

4. What memory does Rosa recall one night as she and Conrad walk past her old house?
(a) The day they arrested her father.
(b) The day her brother died.
(c) The night her mother died.
(d) The night Sipho was shot.

5. How does Lionel Burger die?
(a) Starvation in prison.
(b) He is beaten in prison.
(c) Heart attack in prison.
(d) Of a throat infection in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Lionel Burger speak when he gets his chance in court?

2. Where do the black men sit in the public square?

3. What does the old-maid school teacher do to the Burger family?

4. What happens to the man in the park who was sitting on the bench across from Rosa?

5. Why does Rosa move out of the cottage?

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