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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 144- 170.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two items does Rosa bring with her to the fortress in the opening pages of the novel?
(a) A quilt and food.
(b) A quilt and a water bottle.
(c) Food and clothes.
(d) A book and a dress.

2. Whose car does Conrad drive?
(a) Rosa's.
(b) His own.
(c) Cathy Burger's.
(d) Lionel Burger's.

3. What does the schoolmaster say about what blacks want in the discussion at Fats' home?
(a) They want political leaders in jail.
(b) They want the white man to disappear.
(c) They want to be alive--not killed.
(d) They want to fight at any cost.

4. What question does Rosa ask of Clare when they are looking at the empty apartment?
(a) "Won't giving this apartment to a this girl cause you trouble?"
(b) "Why do you want to keep me involved?"
(c) "Why do you want to live here?"
(d) "Why do you go on with it."

5. Who pulls Tony out of the pool?
(a) Lily.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Cathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lionel Burger's profession?

2. How does Rosa feel about Clare in general?

3. Of what does Rosa's mother die?

4. Where does Rosa believe Conrad has moved to right after she sees that the cottage is gone?

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

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