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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Hortensia describe Peter on the morning after their wedding day?
(a) Excited.
(b) Neutral.
(c) Scared.
(d) In love.

3. How does Hortensia feel that Peter does not understand her work?
(a) She doesn't care.
(b) She appreciates the solitude.
(c) It secretly saddens her.
(d) It makes her feel independent.

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

5. What was Alberta's real name?
(a) Bathandwa.
(b) Bertha.
(c) Hortensia.
(d) Sarah.

6. Which word best describes Marion’s feelings about living at No. 10 Katterijn Avenue?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Neutral.
(d) Conflicted.

7. How did Peter and Hortensia stay in touch for many years?
(a) Letters.
(b) Cross-country visits.
(c) Email.
(d) Phone calls.

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

9. What event takes place at the beginning of Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Hortensia slapping Marion.
(b) The funeral for Beulah Gierdien's grandmother.
(c) Marion visiting Anges.
(d) Hortensia meeting Esme.

10. How does Hortensia feel after witnessing Peter with another woman?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) In love.

11. What does Beulah reveal to Marion?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) Her family wishes to make a donation to Marion.
(c) She is getting married.
(d) Her grandmother was related to Hortensia.

12. Why does Hortensia ultimately never confront Peter about the affair?
(a) She thinks he would become violent.
(b) She has an affair of her own.
(c) She believes he ended the affair.
(d) She chooses to focus on other things.

13. What does the newspaper reveal will happen with the Samsodien’s claim?
(a) They will owe money to the Von Struikers.
(b) They will get the entirety of the Von Struiker property.
(c) They will receive no land.
(d) They will receive some land.

14. Why does fighting with Marion make Hortensia feel at home again?
(a) She gets a thrill from fighting.
(b) Marion decides to leave and she is left alone.
(c) It keeps her occupied now that Peter is gone.
(d) It was easier for them to be enemies.

15. Why did Agnes take the painting?
(a) She thought it was garbage.
(b) To spite Marion.
(c) To sell it for money.
(d) She wanted to give it to her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Hortensia tell Mr. Marx she will contact Esme?

2. Hortensia discovers Marion’s feelings towards Frikkie are what?

3. What hides the stain on Hortensia’s bedroom wall?

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

5. How did Marion know Alberta?

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