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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 does Hortensia ask Dr. Mama to assign as her new nurse?
(a) Bassey.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Marion.
(d) No one.

2. Who is Mr. Marx?
(a) Peter's friend.
(b) Peter's brother.
(c) Peter's lawyer.
(d) Peter's accountant.

3. What sets Hortensia apart from everyone else in Katterijn?
(a) She is European.
(b) She is unmarried.
(c) She is black.
(d) She is poor.

4. How is Hortensia injured in the crane accident?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) A broken femur.
(c) A concussion.
(d) Amnesia.

5. What does Hortensia realize she needs to at the end of Chapter Six?
(a) Apologize to Marion.
(b) Call Esme.
(c) Visit Peter's grave.
(d) Remodel Marion's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Hortensia's housekeeper?

2. What is Marion's profession?

3. Hortensia feels her life could have benefitted from more anger and less of what?

4. What is Hortensia's address?

5. What item does Marion think will save her from bankruptcy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marion perceive race?

2. Why does Hortensia arrange for Marion to be her nurse?

3. Why does Marion label Hortensia "a thief"?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the interaction in which Marion is forced to fire Agnes. Why is she being fired? How does each women handle this news?

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

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

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