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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Pastorale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following areas is the point from which the Boyce family emigrates?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Cuba.

2. Which of the following phrase best describes the relationship between Deighton and Silla?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Unhappy marriage.
(c) Having an affair.
(d) Father and daughter.

3. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?
(a) Cleaning houses.
(b) Raising chickens.
(c) Doing laundry.
(d) Waitressing.

4. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?
(a) Scared.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Relieved.

5. What do Selina and Beryl argue about in Book 2?
(a) About how to feed a baby.
(b) About how babies are born.
(c) About how animals eat.
(d) About the identity of Virgie's boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Selina do as Beryl comforts her at the park in Book 2?

2. How old is Selina at the opening of the book?

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

4. What does Suggie like to drink?

5. Why does Selina think that babies are born by cutting the mother's stomach open?

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