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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 uprise and rebel.
(b) A hospital in Johannesburg is bombed.
(c) Students are massacred.
(d) Soweto students shoot policemen.

2. What is Bassie so angry about in regards to the Burger family?
(a) He believes that they lied to him.
(b) He believes that they wanted to send him away.
(c) He believes that they killed his father.
(d) He believes that they used him and abandoned him.

3. What does Bassie's given name (Zwelinzima) mean?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Bread.
(c) Suffering Land.
(d) Peace.

4. What does Katya do at Donna's party when she hears Rosa speaking about people's rights?
(a) Katya offers Rosa a drink.
(b) Katya warns Rosa not to get to excited.
(c) Katya makes others be quiet and listen.
(d) Katya puts her arm around Rosa.

5. How many years is Greer sentenced for?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what pretense is Marisa arrested?

2. Who is Donna obliged to entertain one evening?

3. What is the conversation about between the women right before the party for Manolis?

4. According to the architect at Donna's party, he thinks that the Leftist view of life is what?

5. Why does Rosa go visit the Nels?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Rosa's passbook allow her to go, and not go? Why is she allowed in certain places and not others?

2. Why does Rosa go to London? What are Bernard's plans concerning London, and what delays him?

3. How is finding Bassie the complete opposite of what Rosa would have imagined?

4. Who does Rosa meet at the bar and what happens between them?

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

6. Describe Brandt's home. Why is the modesty of the area in which he lives significant?

7. What does Rosa want to do when she sees the donkey being beaten, and why doesn't she do it?

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

9. What is the reason for Flora's party? What specifically do the women discuss?

10. Who comes to dine on asparagus with Rosa and Katya and what advice do they give Rosa?

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