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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 40- 70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Rosa and Tony stay at her Aunt Velma's hotel when they are young?
(a) Their parents are too busy to care for them.
(b) Their parents are in jail.
(c) She and Tony go for a visit.
(d) Their parents are away on business.

2. What is Lionel Burger's profession?
(a) He is a doctor.
(b) He is a politician.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a lawyer.

3. In what year of his imprisonment does Lionel die?
(a) Third.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Twentieth.

4. What kind of lessons does Conrad take in the evenings?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Karate.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Cooking.

5. Who is Bassie?
(a) The Burger's dog.
(b) The black boy who lived with the Burgers.
(c) A worker at the hotel.
(d) Lily's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Rosa Burger going to visit on the day that she first goes to the prison?

2. What is Rosa's profession when she grows up?

3. Why is the group knocking at the prison door in the opening pages of the novel?

4. What does Conrad tell Rosa about her future?

5. What is shouted in the courtroom after Lionel Burger speaks?

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