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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Marion's dog named after?
(a) Alvar Aalto.
(b) Rem Koolhaas.
(c) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(d) Max Agostino.

2. What does Marion see being taken away from Hortensia's home?
(a) Legal paperwork.
(b) Peter's dead body.
(c) Furniture.
(d) A painting.

3. What were Hortensia's parents names?
(a) Eda and Kwittel.
(b) Kwittel and Yawende.
(c) Yawende and Zippy.
(d) Eda and Zippy.

4. Which nurse does Dr. Mama recommend?
(a) Gordon.
(b) David.
(c) Carol.
(d) Trudy.

5. When did Apartheid officially end?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1995.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in Marion's first design?

2. What is the first thing Marion thinks about when she wakes up from fainting?

3. How does Hortensia feel when she learns of Peter's daughter?

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

5. Where does Marion first stay while her home is being repaired?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marion prefer her dog to her late husband?

2. Why does Hortensia not wish to help Beulah Gierdien?

3. Why does Marion enjoy working with Frikkie on her home reconstruction?

4. What was Marion’s relationship with her parents like?

5. How does Marion perceive race?

6. Why does Beulah Gierdien write a letter to the Katterijn community?

7. What is Marion’s current financial predicament in Chapter Three?

8. What does Hortensia cite as her “last remaining comfort” in the world?

9. How does Hortensia feel when Peter dies?

10. How does Marion’s daughter Marelena feel about Marion’s displacement from home?

(see the answer keys)

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