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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose girlfriend is the owner of the third mansion?
(a) Someone high up in the government.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The swindler from the Far East.

2. Who does the narrator recall seeing disappear behind the walls of the Government House?
(a) The Queen.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) No one.
(d) A putty-faced Princess.

3. Who are presented as the antagonists of Section 2?
(a) The English.
(b) The tourists.
(c) Antiguans.
(d) The narrator and her family.

4. Who serves as a hyperbolic paradox of the Antiguans?
(a) The tourists.
(b) The foreigners.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The English.

5. What laws does the narrator recall being passed in her youth?
(a) Laws prohibiting women from reading.
(b) Laws allowing the government to embezzle money.
(c) Laws to prevent natives from entering public buildings.
(d) Laws to prevent abusive language.

Short Answer Questions

1. As slaves, what were the Antiguans considered not long ago?

2. How was the second mansion paid for?

3. In regard to the laws that the narrator recalls being passed, what do the English have difficulty determining?

4. According to the author, where do the tourists behave as normal people?

5. What is extremely dynamic in Antigua?

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