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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 long does it take Rosa to go back to the town where her father died?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

2. What does Didier advise Rosa about her home in Africa and the cause?
(a) Go back but don't get involved.
(b) Think hard before continuing.
(c) Forget it; it is her father's cause--not hers.
(d) Go back quickly and get involved.

3. What is Madame Bagnelli afraid of when she picks Rosa up at the airport?
(a) That she is a day late.
(b) That Rosa has decided not to come.
(c) That Rosa is detained in Africa.
(d) That customs has stopped Rosa.

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

5. What doesn't Bassie know about Rosa's family?
(a) That her house has been sold.
(b) That Lionel is dead.
(c) That Tony drowned.
(d) That her mother is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Greer's trial held at first?

2. According to Rosa, how does suffering end?

3. What does the government assume Rosa is trying to get from the Nationalists?

4. What does the government know of Rosa's actions in London?

5. Why is Georges planning a party for Manolis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Katya share with Rosa about her past in the beginning of Pages 262-290?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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