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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hortensia and Peter never have children?
(a) Hortensia hates children.
(b) Hortensia was secretly on birth control.
(c) She could not conceive.
(d) Peter was impotent.

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

3. What does Marion remove from Hortensia’s wall?
(a) A torn piece of wallpaper.
(b) An ugly painting.
(c) A greasy stain.
(d) A bug.

4. What does Marion decide to do about the Von Struikers’ land claim?
(a) Stop supporting Ludmilla.
(b) Give money to the Samsodiens.
(c) Remove Ludmilla from the committee.
(d) Hire a lawyer.

5. How do Hortensia and Marion get to Agnes’s home in Cape Town?
(a) Marion drives them.
(b) Bassey drives them.
(c) They take the bus.
(d) They take a cab.

6. Where does the couple first move after they marry in England?
(a) Morocco.
(b) Katterijn.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Nigeria.

7. Where does Hortensia reveal Dr. Mama is currently?
(a) On a cruise with another woman.
(b) Visiting his daughter.
(c) Vacationing with his boyfriend.
(d) Getting married.

8. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, Hortensia concludes that doing what with someone is an intimate experience?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Talking.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

9. Why do Marion and Hortensia agree they do not date?
(a) They do not like any of the available men.
(b) They have vowed never to love again.
(c) They are too busy.
(d) They do not know anyone who is single.

10. What does Hortensia do that causes Marion to move out?
(a) Curses her.
(b) Yells at her.
(c) Steals her things.
(d) Slaps her.

11. What does Marion repeatedly insist to Hortensia?
(a) "I understand history."
(b) "I am ignorant."
(c) "I think we could be friends."
(d) "I am not a racist."

12. How does Hortensia treat Innes?
(a) With kindness.
(b) With neutrality.
(c) With reproach.
(d) With anger.

13. Agnes’s attitude towards Marion could best be described as what?
(a) Thankful.
(b) Admiring.
(c) Pitying.
(d) Resentful.

14. Who is Innes?
(a) Marion's granddaughter.
(b) Marion's daugher.
(c) Bassey's neice.
(d) Hortensia's daughter.

15. What does Marion find out about Beulah Gierdien at the library?
(a) Her family is connected to the Samsodiens.
(b) Her grandmother is related to Hortensia.
(c) Her story matches historical records.
(d) Her story is false.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Marion know Alberta?

2. How does Hortensia feel after witnessing Peter with another woman?

3. What did Marion’s teacher likely mean when she said that students need to learn “real” history?

4. How are people learning updates about the Samsodien's land claim?

5. Why does fighting with Marion make Hortensia feel at home again?

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