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

2. What does Clare tell Rosa about the cause and her involvement in it?

3. Why has Lionel been imprisoned?

4. Why do Rosa and Tony stay at her Aunt Velma's hotel when they are young?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. How does Conrad see Rosa's childhood and where does he believe it will lead her?

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

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

9. What does Greer offer to give Rosa, and how does she feel about it?

10. From pages 62-70, how does Rosa view herself? What does she know about herself that she wishes she could change but won't?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Rosa react concerning her passport before she leaves the country? What is she afraid of? Why is she afraid? What occurrences happen that she reacts to?

Essay Topic 2

What is Bernard's role in the novel? Why does Gordimer create his character? What contrasts is the reader made to see through him?

Essay Topic 3

What is the fundamental difference between Clare and Rosa?

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