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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 did Hortensia and Peter do on many of their first dates?
(a) Study.
(b) Eat.
(c) Walk.
(d) Read.

2. What does Marion find out about Beulah Gierdien at the library?
(a) Her story is false.
(b) Her family is connected to the Samsodiens.
(c) Her grandmother is related to Hortensia.
(d) Her story matches historical records.

3. Why does Hortensia ultimately never confront Peter about the affair?
(a) She has an affair of her own.
(b) She believes he ended the affair.
(c) She chooses to focus on other things.
(d) She thinks he would become violent.

4. Who is Innes?
(a) Hortensia's daughter.
(b) Marion's granddaughter.
(c) Marion's daugher.
(d) Bassey's neice.

5. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, Hortensia concludes that doing what with someone is an intimate experience?
(a) Talking.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Eating.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hortensia feel after witnessing Peter with another woman?

2. How are people learning updates about the Samsodien's land claim?

3. Agnes’s attitude towards Marion could best be described as what?

4. When was Peter diagnosed with his illness?

5. What does Beulah reveal to Marion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Marion feel about the torture schematics she finds at the library?

2. What does the photograph that covers the stain in Hortensia’s room symbolize?

3. Why did Hortensia never confront Peter about the affair?

4. Why does Marion share the story about Alberta?

5. How does Hortensia’s confession about Peter’s illegitimate child bring the women closer together?

6. Why does Marion struggle to admit her feelings to Ludmilla?

7. Why is Marion surprised by Hortensia’s interaction with Innes?

8. How does Marion feel to be staying in No. 10 Katterijn Avenue?

9. How does Chapter Sixteen show Marion develop?

10. How does Peter feel about Hortensia’s career?

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