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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Rosa meet Marisa?
(a) In the streets of the city.
(b) At a cafe.
(c) In a shop that sells coal.
(d) At the cosmetic counter in a store.

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

3. What does Greer tell Rosa about the book that he has read from a former political prisoner now in exile?
(a) There is much in the book about Rosa and Lionel.
(b) Flora had given it to him to give to Rosa.
(c) She should read it as she is "one of the cause".
(d) He can smuggle in a copy for her.

4. What is Colette Swan studying when Lionel marries her?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Politics.

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

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

7. What does Rosa do on the day of the anniversary of her father's death?
(a) She goes shopping.
(b) She goes to his grave.
(c) She visits Ivy and Dick.
(d) She goes to Lenin's grave.

8. What does the watchman come to see Conrad about?
(a) A ship.
(b) Rosa.
(c) A meeting for black people.
(d) A bet.

9. What does Greer do with the dinner he is given at Fats'?
(a) He pushes the food around his plate.
(b) He shares it with the little ones.
(c) He ignores it completely.
(d) He eats it voraciously.

10. What is Greer's concern for Marisa after she arrives at Fats'?
(a) That she had not eaten.
(b) That she was seen talking to Rosa in the shop.
(c) That she has been followed.
(d) That she has been in the city too long.

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

12. How long does Lionel Burger speak when he gets his chance in court?
(a) Thirty eight minutes.
(b) One hour and ten minutes.
(c) Two hours fifteen minutes.
(d) One hour and forty seven minutes.

13. With what were the two hotel rooms where Rosa stayed filled?
(a) Books.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Bed linens.
(d) Souvenirs.

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

15. At age fourteen, what does Lionel come to realize about the blacks and whites?
(a) The blacks are only allowed in certain establishments.
(b) The blacks have to carry passports and the whites do not.
(c) The blacks are not allowed in the trade unions.
(d) The blacks are all poor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Lionel Burger die?

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

4. What memory does Rosa recall one night as she and Conrad walk past her old house?

5. Why is Rosa engaged to Noel de Witt?

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