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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 what words to say to get her out of trouble.
(c) Know who to give the brandy to.
(d) Know who to talk to at the station.

2. How does Rosa respond to Clare's request when Clare visits her at her apartment?
(a) Rosa changes the subject and does not answer.
(b) Rosa denies Clare's request.
(c) Rosa unhappily accepts Clare's request.
(d) Rosa accepts Clare's request without doubt.

3. What two items does Rosa bring with her to the fortress in the opening pages of the novel?
(a) A quilt and food.
(b) A quilt and a water bottle.
(c) A book and a dress.
(d) Food and clothes.

4. Where does Rosa believe Conrad has moved to right after she sees that the cottage is gone?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Australia.
(c) France.
(d) Casablanca.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Tony and Rosa stay with their Aunt Velma?

2. What happens to the cottage that Rosa once lived in with Conrad?

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

4. How does Rosa feel about Conrad when she moves from the cottage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What memory does Rosa describe as she and Conrad stop in front of her dad's house one evening while taking a walk?

2. In the first section of the novel pages 9-39, many points of view are used. Whose points of view is the story told from?

3. How is Rosa's life different than her cousin who carries her name?

4. What happens to the man on the bench in the public square and what do the onlookers do?

5. What do Greer and Rosa see on their ride home from Orlanda and how and why do they react the way that they do?

6. What does Rosa recollect after the death of the man in the public square concerning her parents, Tony and Conrad?

7. What recollections does Rosa have and why is she thinking about the past in after her visit to the Terblanche's home?

8. What does Rosa feel shortly before she leaves Fats' house?

9. Why do Rosa and Tony go stay with the Nels and for how long?

10. What cloak and dagger stuff has Rosa been involved in in the past, and what were the results?

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