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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Marion say when Agnes asked if she could finish her degree?
(a) "You should go for it."
(b) "You cannot legally finish it."
(c) "I will give you the money."
(d) "You are too old."

2. What did Marion’s teacher likely mean when she said that students need to learn “real” history?
(a) They need to learn mathematics in addition to history.
(b) They need to learn about Apartheid.
(c) They need to learn street smarts.
(d) They need to learn about the human body.

3. Why does Marion’s granddaughter Lara think she is a racist?
(a) She buys worse quality toilet paper for Agnes.
(b) She says unkind things about Agnes.
(c) She does not let Frikkie use her bathroom.
(d) She is rude to black waiters.

4. What does Marion suggest when she finds Dr. Mama and Hortensia together?
(a) Hortensia and Dr. Mama should go on a date.
(b) Dr. Mama should work for Marion.
(c) They have breakfast together.
(d) The group should go out on the town.

5. Why did Hortensia pretend to go on business trips?
(a) To spy on Peter.
(b) To have an affair.
(c) To go on vacations.
(d) To have an excuse to get out of the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes Max's personality?

2. In Chapter Six, where does Hortensia watch Peter and his mistress?

3. What does Hortensia plan on removing and adding to the home?

4. In what decade of life are both Marion and Hortensia?

5. What did Hortensia do at night to distract herself from Peter's affair?

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