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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is Marion forced to fire Agnes?
2. How is Marion affected by the crane accident?
3. What was the name of Hortensia's classmate, nicknamed "K"?
4. How did Hortensia disguise herself so as to follow Peter?
5. Where does Marion first stay while her home is being repaired?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Hortensia walk to the Koppie?
2. How does Marion’s daughter Marelena feel about Marion’s displacement from home?
3. What happens when Hortensia tries to apologize to Marion?
4. What is Marion’s current financial predicament in Chapter Three?
5. How is the committee dealing with the issues of Beulah Gierdien and the Samsodiens in Chapter Eight?
6. Describe the interaction in which Marion is forced to fire Agnes. Why is she being fired? How does each women handle this news?
7. Why does Mr. Marx insist that Hortensia meet Esme?
8. What was Marion’s relationship with her parents like?
9. Why does Hortensia arrange for Marion to be her nurse?
10. Why does Hortensia not wish to help Beulah Gierdien?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the theme of “design” function in the novel? In what ways is it a focus of both Marion and Hortensia’s lives?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think the author chose to situate the novel in the neighborhood of Katterijn specifically? What details about the neighborhood contribute to the plot and themes of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
What factors shape Hortensia’s very negative and mean attitude? What elements from her past? What elements from her present?
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