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

2. Why has Lionel been imprisoned?
(a) For theft.
(b) For attmepting to overthrow the government.
(c) For treason.
(d) For fighting against apartheid.

3. Why is Rosa engaged to Noel de Witt?
(a) He is a revolutionary who intrigues Rosa.
(b) He is a journalist who will help her father.
(c) So she can visit him in prison and get information for her parents.
(d) Because she loves him.

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

5. What kind of lessons does Conrad take in the evenings?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Karate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to the man in the park who was sitting on the bench across from Rosa?

3. What is Marcus' plan concerning Lionel Burger?

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

5. What is shouted in the courtroom after Lionel Burger speaks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in the morning in the city that Marisa wants to know more about ,and what does Greer tell her about it?

2. What is the argument that the men have at Fats' home concerning black athletes?

3. What does Clare want Rosa to do and how does Rosa react to the request?

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

5. How is Rosa's life tragic as shown in the first section of the novel?

6. 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?

7. Who is the old-maid school teacher and what does she do to the Burgers?

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

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

10. How does Rosa view Clare?

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