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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who lives in Marion's first design?
(a) Aggie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Hortensia.
2. Hortensia feels her life could have benefitted from more anger and less of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Work.
3. In Chapter Six, where does Hortensia watch Peter and his mistress?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A shopping mall.
(d) A market.
4. What does Hortensia realize she needs to at the end of Chapter Six?
(a) Call Esme.
(b) Apologize to Marion.
(c) Visit Peter's grave.
(d) Remodel Marion's home.
5. In what decade of life are both Marion and Hortensia?
(a) 60's.
(b) 90's.
(c) 80's.
(d) 70's.
6. Who is Marion's dog named after?
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(b) Alvar Aalto.
(c) Rem Koolhaas.
(d) Max Agostino.
7. What was the name of Hortensia's classmate, nicknamed "K"?
(a) Karly.
(b) Kathy.
(c) Kwittel.
(d) Kehinde.
8. What is the narration style of the novel?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) First person.
(c) Third-person omniscient.
(d) Second person.
9. What family currently owns the land the Samsodien family is claiming?
(a) The Agostinos.
(b) The Gierdiens.
(c) The Von Struikers.
(d) The Jameses.
10. What did Hortensia do at night to distract herself from Peter's affair?
(a) Go for walks.
(b) Call her sister.
(c) Scrub the bathtub.
(d) Write.
11. What is the name of Hortensia's company?
(a) Braithwaite and Company.
(b) Braithwaite Design.
(c) The Braithwaite House.
(d) House of Braithwaite.
12. What gossip about Marion does Bassey tell Hortensia?
(a) She and Marelena are fighting.
(b) She is seeing someone.
(c) She dislikes Agnes.
(d) She is in financial trouble.
13. Why did Marion give up her career?
(a) To start her own small business.
(b) To raise her children.
(c) To go back to school.
(d) To focus on her health.
14. Who wishes to bury her ashes on Hortensia's property?
(a) Ludmilla Von Struiker.
(b) Sarah Clarke.
(c) Marion Agostino.
(d) Beulah Gierdien.
15. What does Marion’s reply to Hortensia’s note say?
(a) "Okay."
(b) "No."
(c) "Apology accepted."
(d) "Thank you."
Short Answer Questions
1. At the end of Chapter Ten, what does Marion agree to do?
2. Why did Marion assume Frikkie was white?
3. In what country is the novel primarily set?
4. What does Gary design and construct?
5. What does Marion pressure Hortensia to talk about?
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