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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. In what year of his imprisonment does Lionel die?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Third.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) Tenth.

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

3. When Rosa sees the raided building in the city, what is her reaction?
(a) She quickly moves away from the area.
(b) She turns around and runs.
(c) She stops to watch and listen.
(d) She questions people around her as to what is happening.

4. What does Dick whisper to Rosa in the window of her car as she is about to leave his home?
(a) Beware Flora.
(b) She should be part of the revolt that is about to happen.
(c) To join the Communist Party.
(d) She should stay away from all of Lionel's associates.

5. Why does Greer come to see Rosa at her apartment?
(a) Marisa sends him to take Rosa to her.
(b) He works with the biographer.
(c) He comes to give her information about Bassie.
(d) He is there to photograph her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rosa respond to Clare's request when Clare visits her at her apartment?

2. With what were the two hotel rooms where Rosa stayed filled?

3. What does Rosa consider a sickness?

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

5. What is James afraid of in regards to the black children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Greer offer to give Rosa, and how does she feel about it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens in the city on the anniversary of Lionel's death and how does Rosa react to it and why?

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