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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Hortensia's parents names?

2. What is the name of Hortensia's husband?

3. What does Hortensia realize she needs to at the end of Chapter Six?

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

5. What was the name of Hortensia's classmate, nicknamed "K"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the construction accident?

2. Why does Marion label Hortensia "a thief"?

3. Why does Mr. Marx insist that Hortensia meet Esme?

4. Why does Marion enjoy working with Frikkie on her home reconstruction?

5. How does Hortensia feel when Peter dies?

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

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

8. Why does Hortensia not wish to help Beulah Gierdien?

9. How is the committee dealing with the issues of Beulah Gierdien and the Samsodiens in Chapter Eight?

10. Why can Marion not sell the painting herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the opening and closing scenes of the novel, which both take place at the Koppie. What do these similarities and differences symbolize about the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Beulah Gierdien’s letter and request that she bury her grandmother’s ashes on Hortensia’s property. What history and significance is present here?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the interaction between Hortensia and Esme. How does Hortensia initially feel about meeting the woman, and what causes her to eventually do so? How does she come away from the meeting different?

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