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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the guests at the wedding think about Deighton?
(a) That he has done a nice thing.
(b) That he is a bad father.
(c) That he is a great trumpet player.
(d) That he is a foolish husband.

2. What does Selina wonder when Ina makes her major announcement without exhibiting much excitement?
(a) Whether she will ever find a man.
(b) Whether all women are ambiguous about getting married.
(c) Whether Suggie is okay.
(d) Whether her mother will ever marry someone new.

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?
(a) Because he is stupid.
(b) Because there are not any good jobs available.
(c) Because he is lazy.
(d) Because White people are not be likely to hire him.

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

5. What type of mood does Deighton have on that Monday morning before he goes to the bank to cash the check from the land sale?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Downtrodden.
(d) Anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?

2. Whom of the following does the author indicate that she has been made to feel like when referring to the hard future that Selina has faced?

3. What does Selina feel that she can do at the end of the book?

4. In Book 4, Chapter 6, how does Selina feel when Clive leaves to pick up his mother?

5. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?

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