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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. How does the narrator describe the Africans?

2. At the end of Section 4, who still lives in a surreal place?

3. How does the author describe how beautiful Antigua was before?

4. Who is the Queen's stand-in in Antigua before the island becomes self-governing?

5. Who is in charge of the Treasury, Tourism and Public Works?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator compare to Antigua in Section 4, and how does she use this analogy?

2. What does the narrator say about small events which occur in small places?

3. What happens to the acting Governor General when the Governor General goes to Europe in the months before Antigua's carnival?

4. How does Section 4 begin as a panegyric, and how does it change?

5. Describe the only two Prime Ministers that Antigua has had in the thirty years that it has been a self-governing nation.

6. Why does the narrator consider what the island's beauty must do to the natives?

7. What do the Syrians and Lebanese do in Antigua?

8. What happens when the English leave Antigua at the end of Section 4?

9. What role do the slave records play in Section 3?

10. When are Africans brought to Antigua, by whom, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the different settings of "A Small Place" (overall and more specific settings)? What do the different settings reveal to the reader about Antigua and its culture?

Essay Topic 2

How does the sarcastic tone of the book affect comprehension of "A Small Place?" Why is this tone used, and what is its result?

Essay Topic 3

How does the monopoly of organizations (utilities, car dealerships, etc.) negatively affect Antiguans?

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