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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 advice does Katya give Gaby about getting older?
(a) Drink a lot of water.
(b) Sleep plenty.
(c) Keep out of the sun.
(d) Take plenty of hormones.

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

3. Where does Bernard suggest he and Rosa travel to at Donna's party as the French Algerians are making a fortune there?
(a) Congo.
(b) Corsica.
(c) Algeria.
(d) French Guinea.

4. Where does Madame Bagnelli suggest that Rosa stay in the house?
(a) In the back of the downstairs by the garden.
(b) In the apartment over the garage.
(c) Upstairs with the room with a terrace.
(d) Downstairs next to her room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fats want as he explains to Rosa when he visits her?

2. Why is Georges planning a party for Manolis?

3. As the novel closes, who is the last person to receive a letter from Rosa?

4. Who is Arnys?

5. What does Katya notice about Rosa when she dines with her and Bernard at breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who in Rosa's family is arrested and why?

3. What is Greer's trial all about, and what is its outcome for Greer?

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

5. Who is Bernard Chabalier?

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

7. Who does Fats go to visit and what does he express as his need?

8. How do Katya and Rosa handle the idea of Lionel in their relationship?

9. What is the political topic of conversation at Donna's party?

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

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