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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 quote does Bernard use when he speaks of his wife and children to Rosa?
2. What do Brandt and others believe Lionel could have become had he not been a traitor?
3. What is Greer on trial for?
4. What does Fats want as he explains to Rosa when he visits her?
5. What does Rosa tell Brandt that she needs his help to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Greer's trial all about, and what is its outcome for Greer?
2. Though Didier seems to be no more than a young gold digger, he does have some strong advice for Rosa. What does he tell her on the beach after their swim, and why does he believe what he says?
3. Who is Bernard Chabalier?
4. What does Rosa want to do when she sees the donkey being beaten, and why doesn't she do it?
5. Where and when does Rosa meet Bernard? What does their relationship quickly become?
6. Describe Brandt's home. Why is the modesty of the area in which he lives significant?
7. Why might Rosa have chosen a married man as her lover and not the bricklayer she had met?
8. What are Rosa's thoughts concerning her future with Bernard?
9. What are some of the experiences that Rosa and Katya share as Rosa's stay extends in Pages 214-261?
10. What specifically transpires in the first meeting between Brandt and Rosa?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What is the significance of the beating of the donkey? What does it symbolize for Rosa, and why can't she react to the incident the way that she wants to?
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