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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. What does Bassey make for Innes?
(a) Hot chocolate.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Pie.
(d) Lemonade.

2. The narrator says that unlike their in-person communication, Hortensia and Peter’s letters were what?
(a) Cold.
(b) Moody.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Passionate.

3. Why do Hortensia and Marion agree that being enemies was better than being friends?
(a) It was easier to dislike each other.
(b) They have different lifestyles.
(c) They are too alike to be friends.
(d) They are not compatible as roommates.

4. Why did Hortensia and Peter never have children?
(a) She could not conceive.
(b) Hortensia was secretly on birth control.
(c) Peter was impotent.
(d) Hortensia hates children.

5. What does Marion decide to do about the Von Struikers’ land claim?
(a) Hire a lawyer.
(b) Give money to the Samsodiens.
(c) Remove Ludmilla from the committee.
(d) Stop supporting Ludmilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hortensia focus on instead of her marriage?

2. What does Marion suggest is the reason Hortensia could never become pregnant?

3. What unpleasant beverage do Hortensia and Marion share in Chapter Eighteen.

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

5. Why does Hortensia ultimately never confront Peter about the affair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the fact that Hortensia had an abortion significant?

2. What does Marion removing the stain from Hortensia’s wall symbolize?

3. Why does Hortensia mock Marion’s attraction to Frikkie?

4. Why did Hortensia never confront Peter about the affair?

5. What does the photograph that covers the stain in Hortensia’s room symbolize?

6. How does Chapter Sixteen show Marion develop?

7. Why does Marion struggle to admit her feelings to Ludmilla?

8. How does Marion feel about the torture schematics she finds at the library?

9. Why is Marion surprised by Hortensia’s interaction with Innes?

10. What motivates Hortensia to contact Esme?

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