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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 Mr. Marx?
(a) Peter's brother.
(b) Peter's debt collector.
(c) Peter's lawyer.
(d) Peter's best friend.

2. Why do Hortensia’s nurses repeatedly quit?
(a) They cannot handle her personality.
(b) They are offered better-paying jobs.
(c) They contract Hortensia's illness.
(d) They don't like Hortensia's house.

3. Which of her mother’s stories does Marion recollect in Chapter Seven?
(a) A family vacation to France.
(b) How Marion got her name.
(c) A boat voyage from South Africa to London.
(d) How she and her father first met.

4. What is the name of Hortensia's company?
(a) The Braithwaite House.
(b) Braithwaite Design.
(c) Braithwaite and Company.
(d) House of Braithwaite.

5. Why does Marion’s granddaughter Lara think she is a racist?
(a) She does not let Frikkie use her bathroom.
(b) She says unkind things about Agnes.
(c) She buys worse quality toilet paper for Agnes.
(d) She is rude to black waiters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event takes place at the end of Chapter Four?

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

3. What does Gary design and construct?

4. How old was Marion when she met her husband?

5. Where does Peter's daughter live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Marion not sell the painting herself?

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

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

4. What is the Samsodien family claiming?

5. How do Hortensia and Marion first meet?

6. What happens when Hortensia tries to apologize to Marion?

7. How does Marion perceive race?

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

9. Why does Hortensia scrub the cast-iron tub at night?

10. Why does Dr. Mama visit Hortensia? What is their interaction like?

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