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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. How do Hortensia and Marion get to Agnes’s home in Cape Town?
(a) Marion drives them.
(b) They take the bus.
(c) Bassey drives them.
(d) They take a cab.

2. How does Hortensia feel after witnessing Peter with another woman?
(a) In love.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Sorrowful.
(d) Peaceful.

3. Why does Hortensia not want any books from the library?
(a) She is busy working on other projects.
(b) She doesn't like Marion's taste.
(c) They do not have black authors.
(d) She hates reading.

4. Agnes’s attitude towards Marion could best be described as what?
(a) Pitying.
(b) Admiring.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Thankful.

5. Why do Marion and Hortensia agree they do not date?
(a) They do not like any of the available men.
(b) They do not know anyone who is single.
(c) They have vowed never to love again.
(d) They are too busy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marion feel about Alberta’s story in retrospect?

2. How does Marion feel when she witnesses Hortensia being kind?

3. What does Marion remove from Hortensia’s wall?

4. What does the newspaper reveal will happen with the Samsodien’s claim?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does architecture tie into Marion’s racism?

2. How does Chapter Sixteen show Hortensia develop?

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

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

5. How does Agnes ultimately feel about Marion?

6. Why does Hortensia feel “at home again” after she and Marion fight?

7. How do Hortensia and Marion’s perspectives on housekeepers differ?

8. What is the arrangement when Marion moves into Hortensia’s house?

9. Why does Hortensia say she does not want to “absolve” Marion?

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

(see the answer keys)

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