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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, Chapter Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hortensia feels her life could have benefitted from more anger and less of what?
(a) Work.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Love.
(d) Resentment.

2. What does Marion see being taken away from Hortensia's home?
(a) Legal paperwork.
(b) Peter's dead body.
(c) Furniture.
(d) A painting.

3. What were Hortensia's parents names?
(a) Eda and Zippy.
(b) Eda and Kwittel.
(c) Kwittel and Yawende.
(d) Yawende and Zippy.

4. What event takes place at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Marion's discovery of the painting.
(b) Peter's funeral.
(c) Hortensia taking a walk to the Koppie.
(d) Hortensia's meeting with Mr. Marx.

5. What is the name of the neighborhood where the novel takes place?
(a) Katterijn.
(b) Koppie.
(c) Constantinople.
(d) Cape Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what part of her body does Hortensia physically struggle?

2. When did Apartheid officially end?

3. What is the name of Peter's daughter?

4. What is the name of the hill Hortensia walks to?

5. What is the closest major city to Katterijn?

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