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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sets Hortensia apart from everyone else in Katterijn?
(a) She is unmarried.
(b) She is black.
(c) She is European.
(d) She is poor.

2. Hortensia discovers Marion’s feelings towards Frikkie are what?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Attraction.

3. What does Marion suggest is the reason Hortensia could never become pregnant?
(a) The presence of Beulah Gierdien's ancestors.
(b) A medical anomaly.
(c) Hortensia was not supposed to become a mother.
(d) The stress of living in Katterijn.

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

5. What is Marion's profession?
(a) Fashion designer.
(b) Textile designer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Architect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marion witness happen to Alberta?

2. How is Marion affected by the crane accident?

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

4. Who wishes to bury her ashes on Hortensia's property?

5. How does Hortensia feel that Peter does not understand her work?

(see the answer key)

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