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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 event takes place at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Peter's funeral.
(b) Hortensia's meeting with Mr. Marx.
(c) Hortensia taking a walk to the Koppie.
(d) Marion's discovery of the painting.

2. What does Hortensia think about when looking at Peter's dead body?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Esme.
(c) Her father.
(d) Marion.

3. In what industry did Marion's husband work?
(a) Finance.
(b) Film.
(c) Design.
(d) Law.

4. When did Apartheid officially end?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1995.
(d) 1991.

5. What family currently owns the land the Samsodien family is claiming?
(a) The Agostinos.
(b) The Von Struikers.
(c) The Gierdiens.
(d) The Jameses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peter's daughter live?

2. Who is Zippy?

3. In Chapter Eight, who contacts the Katterijn committee?

4. What caused Marion's bankruptcy?

5. What is the name of Marion's husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marion treat Agnes?

2. What shocking news does the lawyer Mr. Marx reveal to Hortensia?

3. Why does Hortensia arrange for Marion to be her nurse?

4. Why does Marion prefer her dog to her late husband?

5. What is the Samsodien family claiming?

6. How does Marion’s daughter Marelena feel about Marion’s displacement from home?

7. Why does Hortensia scrub the cast-iron tub at night?

8. Why does Beulah Gierdien write a letter to the Katterijn community?

9. How do Hortensia and Marion first meet?

10. How does Marion perceive race?

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