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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosa remark that Fats will do if she is caught at his home by the police?

2. What is Rosa doing in the public square?

3. Before his death, what do many people come to Lionel's home for?

4. How do the blacks treat Rosa when she goes to Fat's home?

5. Why has Lionel been imprisoned?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Rosa view Clare?

2. What is the relationship between Conrad and Rosa from the time they met to the end of the first section of the book?

3. Why do Rosa and Tony go stay with the Nels and for how long?

4. What happens at Ivy and Dick Terblanche's home on the day that Rosa goes to visit?

5. What does Rosa feel shortly before she leaves Fats' house?

6. What is life like at the Nel's hotel for Rosa?

7. What recollections does Rosa have and why is she thinking about the past in after her visit to the Terblanche's home?

8. How is Rosa's life different than her cousin who carries her name?

9. What politics are the Burgers involved in and what is their stand on the issue?

10. What does Clare want Rosa to do and how does Rosa react to the request?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If Rosa is the protagonist of the story. Who are the antagonists? Name three antagonists and explain why they are antagonists and how they affect Rosa.

Essay Topic 2

Everyone plays a role in the cause, some are completely embedded in it; others have a hand in it only. Show how the involvement in the cause of four characters is either deep or on the surface but how all involvement is crucial for change.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the theme of the novel that relates to Rosa and her destiny. She states that "Our children and our children's children". What is meant by that fragment in relation to her destiny?

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