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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the black men sit in the public square?
(a) On the grass.
(b) On the fountain.
(c) On benches marked for them.
(d) Anywhere.

2. What does Rosa consider a sickness?
(a) Politics.
(b) Separation of blacks and whites.
(c) Not being able to ignore other people's suffering.
(d) Privileged children.

3. What happens to the man in the park who was sitting on the bench across from Rosa?
(a) He dies on the bench.
(b) He drops his ice cream cone and the pigeons eat it.
(c) One of the boys kicks him.
(d) Two hobos mug him.

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

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

6. What does Greer take a picture of in the city that he tells Marisa about?
(a) A cop falling.
(b) A cop holding a black man by the scruff of his neck.
(c) People running from the police.
(d) A black man resisting arrest.

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

8. How does Rosa feel about Clare in general?
(a) She pities her.
(b) She loathes her.
(c) She is indifferent to her.
(d) She is sickened by her.

9. Who sends the two letters to Rosa on the anniversary of her father's death?
(a) Her bother David and Aunt Velma.
(b) Her Swedish lover and Aunt Velma.
(c) Conrad and the Swede.
(d) Aunt Velma and Conrad.

10. Why does Greer come to see Rosa at her apartment?
(a) He comes to give her information about Bassie.
(b) Marisa sends him to take Rosa to her.
(c) He works with the biographer.
(d) He is there to photograph her.

11. What is the main topic of conversation between the men at Fats' home?
(a) Detained friends.
(b) Black athletes playing in the white athletes' games.
(c) Lionel Burger.
(d) Nelson Mandela.

12. What does Lionel teach Bassie?
(a) How to pitch.
(b) How to play soccer.
(c) How to swim.
(d) How to dive.

13. Of what does Rosa's mother die?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Capital Punishment.

14. What does Rosa remark that Fats will do if she is caught at his home by the police?
(a) Know who to give the money to.
(b) Know who to give the brandy to.
(c) Know what words to say to get her out of trouble.
(d) Know who to talk to at the station.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Rosa and Greer see on the side of the road on their way home from Fats' that they do not stop for?

2. Who is Bassie?

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

4. What does the schoolmaster say about what blacks want in the discussion at Fats' home?

5. Whose car does Conrad drive?

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