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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the cottage that Rosa once lived in with Conrad?
(a) It is burned down.
(b) It is reconstructed.
(c) It is destroyed by a gang.
(d) It is bulldozed.

5. Where does Rosa meet Conrad the first time?
(a) At school.
(b) At the prison.
(c) At her home.
(d) At a Greek cafe.

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

7. Who is Rosa Burger going to visit on the day that she first goes to the prison?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her teacher.
(d) Her brother.

8. How old is Rosa Burger on the day that she first goes to the prison?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

9. What is Darlene doing in the public square?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Kissing a young man.
(c) Eating her lunch.
(d) Playing with two boys.

10. What does Rosa do for a living after she leaves the hospital?
(a) She works in a retail store.
(b) She works for a trade journal.
(c) She works on a farm.
(d) She works at the train station.

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

12. What did Noel de Witt want to become for his career?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A prison warden.
(d) A politician.

13. What does Daniel tell Rosa about one of his boys?
(a) He is smart and will go to school to be a doctor.
(b) He will come to work at the hotel.
(c) He will go work in her garden at home.
(d) He will come to marry Rosa.

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

15. What is mealie?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Vegetable.
(d) Grain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Sunday dinners at the Burgers' house come about?

2. Why was Ivy Terblanche sentenced to prison in the past?

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

4. Who pulls Tony out of the pool?

5. How many black miners participated in the strike of 1946 in South Africa?

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