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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 occurs on June 16, 1976 in South Africa?
(a) Soweto students shoot policemen.
(b) A hospital in Johannesburg is bombed.
(c) Students are massacred.
(d) Soweto students uprise and rebel.

2. What is Flora's meeting about that Rosa is hesitant to attend?
(a) Social issues of the black woman.
(b) Political issues of the white woman.
(c) Political issues of the black woman.
(d) Social issues of the white woman.

3. Why is Rosa not able to attend Greer's trial?
(a) The government denies her access.
(b) She begins work in a black hospital.
(c) She begins work in a movement against the government.
(d) She goes to the farm to see her aunt and uncle.

4. Why is Georges planning a party for Manolis?
(a) He is having a book published.
(b) He is exhibiting his paintings.
(c) It is their anniversary.
(d) It is his birthday.

5. What is the first item that Madame Bagnelli stops to purchase after she and Rosa leave the airport?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Bread.
(c) Wine.
(d) Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hand does Rosa hold as she walks through the streets of Paris?

2. What refreshments does Brandt offer Rosa when she visits his home?

3. How long does Rosa plan on being in London before Bernard arrives?

4. Why can't Rosa and Bernard live together?

5. At Donna's party, what is the Englishman's opinion of Utopia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the party for that Georges plans and what does Gaby do for Rosa for the party? How does Pierre react?

2. What are some of the experiences that Rosa and Katya share as Rosa's stay extends in Pages 214-261?

3. What horrific event takes place on June 16th 1976 in South Africa?

4. What is the consequence of Bassie's phone call for Rosa?

5. What happens with the woman in the street that Rosa finds and how does it affect her?

6. What specifically transpires in the first meeting between Brandt and Rosa?

7. Why is Rosa detained and what becomes of her?

8. Why might Rosa have chosen a married man as her lover and not the bricklayer she had met?

9. What is the significance of Flora's party to Rosa?

10. In Pages 262-290, how does Rosa become part of France?

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