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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 71- 108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lionel Burger's profession?
(a) He is a politician.
(b) He is a professor.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a lawyer.

2. What does Daniel tell Rosa about one of his boys?
(a) He will come to work at the hotel.
(b) He is smart and will go to school to be a doctor.
(c) He will come to marry Rosa.
(d) He will go work in her garden at home.

3. Before his death, what do many people come to Lionel's home for?
(a) Barbecues.
(b) Legal advice.
(c) Tutoring.
(d) Meetings

4. Who is Bassie?
(a) Lily's brother.
(b) The black boy who lived with the Burgers.
(c) The Burger's dog.
(d) A worker at the hotel.

5. What does Rosa consider a sickness?
(a) Politics.
(b) Separation of blacks and whites.
(c) Not being able to ignore other people's suffering.
(d) Privileged children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the black men sit in the public square?

2. What two items does Rosa bring with her to the fortress in the opening pages of the novel?

3. What is Rosa's profession when she grows up?

4. How many black miners participated in the strike of 1946 in South Africa?

5. What kind of lessons does Conrad take in the evenings?

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