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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rosa understand about political change?
(a) It doesn't ever happen.
(b) It only happens after many failures.
(c) It is only a battle for the very strong.
(d) It comes at a great cost.

2. What is Cathy's fight for the blacks?
(a) To get them better employment.
(b) To get them to have the right to bear arms.
(c) To get them the right to vote.
(d) To get them in the trade union.

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

4. How many black miners participated in the strike of 1946 in South Africa?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 76,000.

5. What is shouted in the courtroom after Lionel Burger speaks?
(a) Alonga, Amonga.
(b) Amen.
(c) Burger, Burger.
(d) Awetha, Amandhla.

6. Who is Theo?
(a) Rosa's brother.
(b) Colleague of Lionel's.
(c) Cell mate of Lionel.
(d) Family friend and attorney.

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

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

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

10. 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 in jail.
(d) Their parents are too busy to care for them.

11. Who is Bassie?
(a) The Burger's dog.
(b) Lily's brother.
(c) A worker at the hotel.
(d) The black boy who lived with the Burgers.

12. How does Rosa's brother die?
(a) On the run.
(b) Of a terminal disease.
(c) In prison.
(d) He drowns.

13. To what does Rosa compare the garbage that Clare disposes of from the empty apartment?
(a) A body.
(b) A secret.
(c) A dead fish.
(d) A dead rat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Conrad tell Rosa about her future?

2. What does Rosa do for a living after she leaves the hospital?

3. What does Greer take a picture of in the city that he tells Marisa about?

4. What is the last trial in which Cathy and Lionel stand accused together?

5. How does Tosa view Ivy and Dick after she visits them in their home?

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