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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 328- 361.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rosa move out of the cottage?
(a) She wants to live in the city.
(b) Conrad is sleeping with someone else.
(c) Conrad asks her to.
(d) She is sick of it.

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

3. How does Rosa see the boat-builders: the friends of Conrad's?
(a) As apathetic people.
(b) As free people.
(c) As empathetic people.
(d) As simple people.

4. What horrific damage does Rosa see in one eight year old girl?
(a) She has lost her eye.
(b) She had lost her legs.
(c) She has been shot in the head.
(d) She has lost an arm.

5. What intimate information does Clare share with Rosa at the empty apartment?
(a) Clare's lover is a married man.
(b) Clare had an abortion.
(c) Clare has a baby on one knows about.
(d) Clare's mother has a lover.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Greer come to see Rosa at her apartment?

3. What response does Tandi make to Rosa when Rosa asks her if the baby is hers?

4. What does Brandt first show Rosa when she visits his home?

5. What does the government assume Rosa is trying to get from the Nationalists?

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