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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. How does Didier act when he meets Rosa and Madame Bagnelli on her porch?
(a) He speaks only of Donna and quickly leaves.
(b) Like the cat--he eats some of everything and then leaves.
(c) He is sullen.
(d) He is very inquisitive about Rosa.

2. What does Fats want as he explains to Rosa when he visits her?
(a) To get weapons to fight back.
(b) To get his wife and children out of South Africa.
(c) To find a way to stop the shootings.
(d) To be a witness at her trial.

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

4. Where do Rosa and Bernard first make love?
(a) On the beach.
(b) At Katya's house.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In a hotel.

5. What does Pierre ask Rosa right before the party for Manolis?
(a) "Are you happy here?"
(b) "Are you in love with Bernard?"
(c) "Everything is wonderful with you?"
(d) "Will you return to Africa?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Rosa meet Bernard?

2. Who is Donna obliged to entertain one evening?

3. Where does Bernard suggest he and Rosa travel to at Donna's party as the French Algerians are making a fortune there?

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

5. What is Greer on trial for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when does Rosa meet Bernard? What does their relationship quickly become?

2. What does Bernard say that the trip to Corsica is all about and what does it actually turn out to be?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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