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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?
(a) She runs a beauty shop and cleans offices.
(b) She cleans homes for the rich.
(c) She runs a restaurant.
(d) She runs a bakery and does laundry.

2. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?
(a) Because they thought that the girls would not have sex if they did not know about it.
(b) Because they wanted to scare the girls.
(c) Because they knew that girls would never get married if they did not have knowledge about sex.
(d) Because they thought that girls were evil.

3. What does Selina see at the park in Book 2?
(a) Lovers displaying affection toward each other.
(b) Her sister with a boy.
(c) Birds mating.
(d) Babies nursing.

4. In Book 4, whom of the following does Selina spend a lot of time with despite that person having lost the ability to talk?
(a) Ina.
(b) Suggie.
(c) Miss Mary.
(d) Beryl.

5. After Deighton dies, what happens when Selina dreams about boys?
(a) Ina is angry with her..
(b) Suggie discourages her from having sex.
(c) Her mother slaps her face to awaken her from the dream.
(d) Her father reaches out to her from beyond the grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?

2. What does Mary think that Maritze's focus should be?

3. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?

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

5. How does Maritze react to Suggie's lovers staying over?

(see the answer key)

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