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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. What does Rosa know happened at the Providence House that Marisa was unaware of until later?
(a) The raid.
(b) A killing.
(c) Shops are shut down.
(d) High school children were sent from their classrooms.

2. What is James afraid of in regards to the black children?
(a) They will fight for the wrong cause when the time comes.
(b) That for them the fight is just words, and they will not know how to take action.
(c) They too will be imprisoned for the cause.
(d) They too will lead oppressed lives.

3. How do the blacks treat Rosa when she goes to Fat's home?
(a) As a special person.
(b) They ignore her until Marisa comes.
(c) They shower gifts upon her.
(d) They seem frightened of her.

4. What does Clare want from Rosa when she goes to her apartment to see her?
(a) She wants Rosa to protest with her.
(b) She wants Rosa to make copies for the cause.
(c) She wants Rosa to join the revolt.
(d) She wants Rosa to get the key to the copy room at work.

5. What did the trial after the strike allow the government to do?
(a) Stop underground operations.
(b) Pass the Supression of Communism Act.
(c) Get Lionel Burger ousted from the Communist Party.
(d) Shut down the African Mineworkers Union.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last trial in which Cathy and Lionel stand accused together?

2. Where does Rosa meet Marisa?

3. What is Lionel Burger's profession?

4. Who pulls Tony out of the pool?

5. What does Greer tell Rosa about the book that he has read from a former political prisoner now in exile?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosa recollect after the death of the man in the public square concerning her parents, Tony and Conrad?

2. From pages 62-70, how does Rosa view herself? What does she know about herself that she wishes she could change but won't?

3. What happens to the man on the bench in the public square and what do the onlookers do?

4. What is the meeting between Marisa and Rosa all about?

5. What is life like at the Nel's hotel for Rosa?

6. What memory does Rosa describe as she and Conrad stop in front of her dad's house one evening while taking a walk?

7. What recollections does Rosa have and why is she thinking about the past in after her visit to the Terblanche's home?

8. How is Rosa's life tragic as shown in the first section of the novel?

9. What does Clare want Rosa to do and how does Rosa react to the request?

10. What occupation is Lionel Burger's and how does his social standing affect his views?

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