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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. Why do Rosa and Marcus go to Cape Town?

2. What is Darlene doing in the public square?

3. What happens to the cottage that Rosa once lived in with Conrad?

4. What happens to the man in the park who was sitting on the bench across from Rosa?

5. Who is Bassie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the argument that the men have at Fats' home concerning black athletes?

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

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

4. What do Greer and Rosa see on their ride home from Orlanda and how and why do they react the way that they do?

5. 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?

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

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

8. What happened in the morning in the city that Marisa wants to know more about ,and what does Greer tell her about it?

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

10. How does Rosa view Clare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flora arrives at the prison and knocks hard at the door the door to be let in to drop off a package for Rosa and Clare. How have things come full circle based on this scene? Explain the irony of the circle.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of Book One, what does Rosa believe about Conrad and what is the significance of this thought at this point in the novel? How does this thought change Rosa?

Essay Topic 3

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

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