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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. Of what does Rosa's mother die?

2. With what were the two hotel rooms where Rosa stayed filled?

3. What does Greer take a picture of in the city that he tells Marisa about?

4. Why is Rosa engaged to Noel de Witt?

5. What memory does Rosa recall one night as she and Conrad walk past her old house?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the first section of the novel pages 9-39, many points of view are used. Whose points of view is the story told from?

2. How is Rosa's life tragic as shown in the first section of the novel?

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

4. What information does Rosa give the journalist concerning her parents?

5. What is the relationship between Noel and Rosa? How long does it last? How does it end?

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

7. What happens in the city on the anniversary of Lionel's death and how does Rosa react to it and why?

8. At the beginning of the novel, how is Rosa's age crucial to the intensity of the story?

9. What is the meeting between Marisa and Rosa all about?

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

What occurs at the massacre of June 16, 1976, and how is this event a turning point in the fight is South Africa against Apartheid? What fundamental changes stem from the massacre?

Essay Topic 2

What is the fundamental difference between Clare and Rosa?

Essay Topic 3

How has fighting for a cause been too costly for Doctor Lionel Burger and his family?

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