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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 is the main topic of conversation between the men at Fats' home?
(a) Detained friends.
(b) Nelson Mandela.
(c) Lionel Burger.
(d) Black athletes playing in the white athletes' games.

2. 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.

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

4. What intimate information does Clare share with Rosa at the empty apartment?
(a) Clare had an abortion.
(b) Clare's mother has a lover.
(c) Clare's lover is a married man.
(d) Clare has a baby on one knows about.

5. Who sends the two letters to Rosa on the anniversary of her father's death?
(a) Aunt Velma and Conrad.
(b) Conrad and the Swede.
(c) Her bother David and Aunt Velma.
(d) Her Swedish lover and Aunt Velma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose car does Conrad drive?

2. What does the watchman come to see Conrad about?

3. What is Greer's concern for Marisa after she arrives at Fats'?

4. How do the Sunday dinners at the Burgers' house come about?

5. What does Rosa know happened at the Providence House that Marisa was unaware of until later?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of the novel, how is Rosa's age crucial to the intensity of the story?

2. What is the meeting between Marisa and Rosa all about?

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

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

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

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

7. What information does Rosa give the journalist concerning her parents?

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

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

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

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