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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 Zippy?
(a) Marion's friend.
(b) Hortensia's mother.
(c) Hortensia's sister.
(d) Marion's daughter.

2. How is Marion affected by the crane accident?
(a) Part of her home is destroyed.
(b) Her leg is broken.
(c) Her yard is filled with Hortensia's rubble.
(d) Her painting is destroyed.

3. Where does Peter's daughter live?
(a) Katterijn.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) England.
(d) Cape Town.

4. Where did Hortensia go to design school?
(a) England.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Nigera.
(d) France.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Marion’s granddaughter Lara think she is a racist?

2. After apologizing to Marion, Hortensia is left with what?

3. In Chapter Six, where does Hortensia watch Peter and his mistress?

4. What is the narration style of the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Chapter Seven reveal about why Marion became an architect?

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

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

5. What is the Samsodien family claiming?

6. Why can Marion not sell the painting herself?

7. Why does Hortensia walk to the Koppie?

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

9. How does Hortensia feel when Peter dies?

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

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