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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of her bedroom, where does Hortensia sleep?
(a) The office.
(b) The guest bedroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The living room.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Hortensia regret ending her first pregnancy?
(a) Peter was angry about the abortion.
(b) She let Peter force her to end the pregnancy.
(c) She wanted the child.
(d) She blames herself for later pregnancy failures.

8. How did Hortensia feel when she watched Peter with his mistress?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Neutral.

9. Why is Marion disappointed that Hortensia does not want to respond to Beulah Gierdien’s letter?
(a) She thinks Hortensia is being unreasonable.
(b) She thinks the Gierdien family will help her with her bankruptcy.
(c) She thinks Hortensia secretly wants to help.
(d) She feels she would have done the same thing.

10. How much is the Von Struikers’ land worth now?
(a) A few dollars.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $1 million.
(d) Nothing.

11. Why does Hortensia not want any books from the library?
(a) They do not have black authors.
(b) She doesn't like Marion's taste.
(c) She is busy working on other projects.
(d) She hates reading.

12. Why is it unusual that Marion is attracted to Frikkie?
(a) He has poor manners.
(b) He is black.
(c) He is short.
(d) He is married.

13. What nickname did Mariona and her classmates give their teacher?
(a) Know-it-all.
(b) The Witch.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Elizabeth.

14. What did Marion witness happen to Alberta?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) Her possessions were stolen.
(c) She was physically attacked.
(d) Her family was kidnapped.

15. What does Hortensia tell Marion to do with the photograph of her and Peter?
(a) Hang it downstairs.
(b) Put it in storage.
(c) Smash it.
(d) Throw it out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Marion say when Agnes asked if she could finish her degree?

2. In Hortensia’s story, why do white women think that Zippy was kidnapped?

3. Agnes’s attitude towards Marion could best be described as what?

4. Why did Peter’s parents disapprove of their son’s marriage?

5. How does Marion feel when she witnesses Hortensia being kind?

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