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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Greer do with the dinner he is given at Fats'?
(a) He pushes the food around his plate.
(b) He eats it voraciously.
(c) He shares it with the little ones.
(d) He ignores it completely.

2. Where do the black men sit in the public square?
(a) On the fountain.
(b) On benches marked for them.
(c) Anywhere.
(d) On the grass.

3. Who sends the two letters to Rosa on the anniversary of her father's death?
(a) Aunt Velma and Conrad.
(b) Her bother David and Aunt Velma.
(c) Conrad and the Swede.
(d) Her Swedish lover and Aunt Velma.

4. What two items does Rosa bring with her to the fortress in the opening pages of the novel?
(a) A book and a dress.
(b) Food and clothes.
(c) A quilt and food.
(d) A quilt and a water bottle.

5. How long do Tony and Rosa stay with their Aunt Velma?
(a) Five weeks.
(b) Four months.
(c) Ten weeks.
(d) Six months.

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

7. Why does Greer come to see Rosa at her apartment?
(a) He is there to photograph her.
(b) Marisa sends him to take Rosa to her.
(c) He works with the biographer.
(d) He comes to give her information about Bassie.

8. How does Lionel Burger die?
(a) Heart attack in prison.
(b) He is beaten in prison.
(c) Starvation in prison.
(d) Of a throat infection in prison.

9. How does Rosa feel about Conrad when she moves from the cottage?
(a) She is very angry with him.
(b) She feels like he is her brother.
(c) She cries for days.
(d) She is apathetic.

10. What does Greer tell Rosa about the book that he has read from a former political prisoner now in exile?
(a) He can smuggle in a copy for her.
(b) Flora had given it to him to give to Rosa.
(c) There is much in the book about Rosa and Lionel.
(d) She should read it as she is "one of the cause".

11. Whose car does Conrad drive?
(a) Rosa's.
(b) Cathy Burger's.
(c) His own.
(d) Lionel Burger's.

12. What happens to the cottage that Rosa once lived in with Conrad?
(a) It is burned down.
(b) It is destroyed by a gang.
(c) It is reconstructed.
(d) It is bulldozed.

13. Why was Ivy Terblanche sentenced to prison in the past?
(a) She would not testify against Lionel.
(b) She was caught passing information against the government.
(c) She was a member of the Communist Party.
(d) She would not testify against her husband.

14. What does Conrad say was celebrated in Rosa's home as she grew up?
(a) Political events.
(b) Misery.
(c) Birthdays.
(d) Elections.

15. What does Conrad tell Rosa about her future?
(a) That she will help bring change.
(b) That she will live differently than her parents did.
(c) That she will die for her cause.
(d) That she too will go to jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Theo?

2. What does the old-maid school teacher do to the Burger family?

3. What is Colette Swan studying when Lionel marries her?

4. What did the trial after the strike allow the government to do?

5. Why does Rosa move out of the cottage?

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