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

2. How does Rosa respond to Clare's request when Clare visits her at her apartment?
(a) Rosa changes the subject and does not answer.
(b) Rosa unhappily accepts Clare's request.
(c) Rosa denies Clare's request.
(d) Rosa accepts Clare's request without doubt.

3. What is Greer's concern for Marisa after she arrives at Fats'?
(a) That she had not eaten.
(b) That she has been followed.
(c) That she has been in the city too long.
(d) That she was seen talking to Rosa in the shop.

4. How do the blacks treat Rosa when she goes to Fat's home?
(a) They seem frightened of her.
(b) As a special person.
(c) They shower gifts upon her.
(d) They ignore her until Marisa comes.

5. What is Colette Swan studying when Lionel marries her?
(a) Ballet.
(b) Politics.
(c) Journalism.
(d) Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose car does Conrad drive?

3. Where do the black men sit in the public square?

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

5. What is Lionel Burger's profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the relationship between Conrad and Rosa from the time they met to the end of the first section of the book?

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

6. What offering does the baby boy make to Rosa? Where does the item come from, and what is its significance?

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

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

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

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

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