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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 Niknaks?
(a) Agnes's daughter.
(b) Bassey's sister.
(c) Agnes's nurse.
(d) Marion's daughter.

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

3. Hortensia discovers Marion’s feelings towards Frikkie are what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Attraction.
(d) Disgust.

4. What does Bassey reveal has happened to Agnes?
(a) She broke her leg.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She has tuberculosis.
(d) She broke up with her boyfriend.

5. What did Hortensia and Peter do on many of their first dates?
(a) Study.
(b) Eat.
(c) Walk.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Marion and Hortensia agree they do not date?

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

3. What does Aggie say to Marion as she leaves the library?

4. Why is Marion disappointed that Hortensia does not want to respond to Beulah Gierdien’s letter?

5. What makes Hortensia angry enough to reveal Peter's infidelity to Marion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hortensia ultimately feel about marriage?

2. How does Peter feel about Hortensia’s career?

3. Why does Marion share the story about Alberta?

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

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

6. Why does Hortensia slap Marion?

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

8. Why might Aggie have said “There’s blood here, Marion” (169)?

9. How does Chapter Sixteen show Hortensia develop?

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

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