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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 Clare want from Rosa when she goes to her apartment to see her?

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

3. What is Rosa's profession when she grows up?

4. Who sends the two letters to Rosa on the anniversary of her father's death?

5. Who is Rosa Burger going to visit on the day that she first goes to the prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What offering does the baby boy make to Rosa? Where does the item come from, and what is its significance?

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

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

6. What occupation is Lionel Burger's and how does his social standing affect his views?

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

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

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

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

Compare Rosa to Greer. What are each of the strengths and weaknesses in regards to the fight against apartheid? How does Greer's involvement differ from Rosa? Do they both have the same goals?

Essay Topic 2

What is Apartheid? Where did it stem from? What was the reasoning behind it? How long did it exist in South Africa? What were the effects of it?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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