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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 Conrad tell Rosa about her future?
(a) That she will help bring change.
(b) That she will live differently than her parents did.
(c) That she will die for her cause.
(d) That she too will go to jail.

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

3. What is Greer's outlook on the future of the blacks of South Africa, as he states at Fats' house?
(a) All blacks must work together--not be in two groups.
(b) The bourgeioise blacks are making things better.
(c) The blacks must latch on to the white man who wants to help.
(d) The white man knows what is best for the black people.

4. Where do the black men sit in the public square?
(a) On benches marked for them.
(b) On the fountain.
(c) Anywhere.
(d) On the grass.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Before his death, what do many people come to Lionel's home for?

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

4. What does Greer tell Rosa about the book that he has read from a former political prisoner now in exile?

5. Who is Theo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at Ivy and Dick Terblanche's home on the day that Rosa goes to visit?

2. How does Rosa view Clare?

3. What politics are the Burgers involved in and what is their stand on the issue?

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

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

6. What is the relationship between Noel and Rosa? How long does it last? How does it end?

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

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

9. How does Conrad see Rosa's childhood and where does he believe it will lead her?

10. What is life like at the Nel's hotel for Rosa?

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