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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 Rosa's profession when she grows up?
(a) She is a nurse.
(b) She is a physical therapist.
(c) She is a psychologist.
(d) She is a physiotherapist.

2. Where does Rosa meet Conrad the first time?
(a) At the prison.
(b) At school.
(c) At her home.
(d) At a Greek cafe.

3. What do Rosa and Greer see on the side of the road on their way home from Fats' that they do not stop for?
(a) A man lying in the road.
(b) A broken down vehicle.
(c) Young children alone on the street.
(d) A dead animal.

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

5. What does Greer tell Rosa about the book that he has read from a former political prisoner now in exile?
(a) She should read it as she is "one of the cause".
(b) Flora had given it to him to give to Rosa.
(c) He can smuggle in a copy for her.
(d) There is much in the book about Rosa and Lionel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Greer say "blackness" means?

3. What is the name of Lily's baby boy?

4. To what does Rosa compare the garbage that Clare disposes of from the empty apartment?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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. From pages 62-70, how does Rosa view herself? What does she know about herself that she wishes she could change but won't?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What occupation is Lionel Burger's and how does his social standing affect his views?

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