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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take Rosa to go back to the town where her father died?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Ten years.

2. Where do Rosa and her "mason" go on their first date?
(a) Yachting.
(b) Cherry picking.
(c) An Italian restaurant.
(d) Dancing.

3. Who is Rosa speaking to in the last section of the novel?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Bernard.
(c) Lionel.
(d) Katya.

4. What does Rosa state is her underlying reason for going to stay with Katya?
(a) To learn how to defect from her father.
(b) To learn about her father's past.
(c) To see how others live in another country.
(d) The African government won't look for her there.

5. What will England always be like for Rosa, as noted in the last page of Part Two?
(a) Shady all down a sunny street.
(b) Gloomy all down the paths of pleasure.
(c) Bare all down the tree lined avenue.
(d) Cold all down the warm walkways.

6. Why had Brandt been taken to the Burger house when he was fifteen?
(a) For a medical opinion about his knee.
(b) To meet his uncle Lionel.
(c) For a barbeque.
(d) For a political rally.

7. What is Bassie so angry about in regards to the Burger family?
(a) He believes that they lied to him.
(b) He believes that they used him and abandoned him.
(c) He believes that they wanted to send him away.
(d) He believes that they killed his father.

8. Who is Arnys?
(a) A politician.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A singer who owns a bar.
(d) A friend of Rosa's.

9. Why can't Rosa and Bernard live together?
(a) She does not want to move to Paris.
(b) She does not want to leave Katya.
(c) He is married.
(d) He does not want to move to Nice.

10. Where does Madame Bagnelli suggest that Rosa stay in the house?
(a) Upstairs with the room with a terrace.
(b) In the apartment over the garage.
(c) In the back of the downstairs by the garden.
(d) Downstairs next to her room.

11. Where does Bernard suggest he and Rosa go to take on a project once she has her French papers?
(a) South Africa.
(b) England.
(c) America.
(d) Africa.

12. What does Madame Bagnelli recall about Rosa's mother as they chat on their first day?
(a) Cathy was too silly to be a revolutionary.
(b) Cathy was Madame's idea of a revolutionary.
(c) Cathy was too young to be a revolutionary.
(d) Cathy was too serious to be a revolutionary.

13. What does Rosa tell Brandt that she needs his help to do?
(a) See Europe.
(b) Find a better job.
(c) See America.
(d) Remove herself from the political realm.

14. What is Flora's meeting about that Rosa is hesitant to attend?
(a) Social issues of the black woman.
(b) Political issues of the white woman.
(c) Political issues of the black woman.
(d) Social issues of the white woman.

15. What does Rosa ask of Bassie when he tells her that he does not even know her?
(a) She asks why he needs money.
(b) She asks why he found her at the party.
(c) She asks why he is being so cruel.
(d) She asks why he did not deny who he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Madame Bagnelli want Rosa to call her?

2. What happens to Rosa's Swedish lover because of his involvement with her?

3. How does Didier act when he meets Rosa and Madame Bagnelli on her porch?

4. How long does Rosa plan on being in London before Bernard arrives?

5. Where does Brandt Vermeulen's closest friendship lie?

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