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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?
(a) About whether to have another baby.
(b) About whether they should go back to Barbados.
(c) About what to do with the land in Barbados.
(d) About where to send Selina to school.

2. What does Selina think that her mother wishes that she were?
(a) A boy.
(b) Smarter.
(c) Taller.
(d) Older, so that she could work.

3. What does Selina's mother bring home from work for Selina?
(a) A letter.
(b) Candy.
(c) Hand-me down clothes.
(d) Extra work.

4. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?
(a) Selina.
(b) Ina.
(c) The son.
(d) Silla.

5. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?
(a) She is White.
(b) She is Selina's father's employer.
(c) She owns the brownstone.
(d) She has a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following means of transportation do Beryl and Selina take to the park?

2. What are Deighton's happy news?

3. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?

4. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?

5. What is the name of Beryl's father?

(see the answer key)

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