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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, A Long Day and a Long Night, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?
(a) Mother and daughter.
(b) Roommates.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Old lady and her nurse.

2. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?
(a) Because she thinks that they will send her to an asylum.
(b) Because she does not have any money.
(c) Because she is afraid of doctors.
(d) Because she does not believe that a doctor can cure her.

3. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?
(a) Mother and daughter.
(b) Best friends.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Cousins.

4. What will the children at Miss Thompson's do when it is time for bed?
(a) They will jump on the bed.
(b) They will crawl into Miss Thompson's bed.
(c) They will throw a tantrum.
(d) They will fall asleep on the floor.

5. What are Deighton's happy news?
(a) That they are about to have a son.
(b) That he is buying a house.
(c) That he has inherited land in Barbados.
(d) That he has gotten a job.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?

2. What does Suggie like to drink?

3. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?

4. What does Ina tell her mother that her father plans to do?

5. Why is Silla not happy about Deighton's good news?

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