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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The War, Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Deighton at the mattress factory?
(a) He gets fired.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) His arm is injured in the machinery.
(d) He causes a riot.

2. Why does Deighton want to be called Brother Boyce after he has fallen in with Father Peace?
(a) Because Deighton is really Silla's brother.
(b) Because Father Peace negates all family ties.
(c) Because he acknowledges that he is not Selina's real father.
(d) Because Deighton is ashamed of his family.

3. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?
(a) Turn her into a summer woman.
(b) Turn her into a forgetful woman.
(c) Turn her into a happy woman.
(d) Turn her into a sexy woman.

4. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She gets a job.
(c) She gets her period.
(d) She is transferred to a different school.

5. During the argument between Selina and Beryl in Book 2, what does Selina believe that she will never do?
(a) Start bleeding.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Understand love.
(d) Have babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?

2. When Silla and Deighton argue after he has become a follower of Father Peace, what huge family burden and loss does Silla blame Deighton for having caused?

3. What does Selina decide to do about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?

4. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?

5. Which of the following is Selina reminded about by the women in white associated with Father Peace?

(see the answer key)

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