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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at Silla's job in Book 3?
(a) She meets another man.
(b) She finds someone to build her a house.
(c) She gets fired.
(d) She gets a promotion.

2. Whose wedding does the family attend in Book 3?
(a) Maritze's wedding.
(b) Miss Thompson's wedding.
(c) The wedding of 'Gatha Steed's daughter.
(d) Beryl's sister's wedding.

3. What does Selina find out when she returns home that Monday evening after her father has cashed the check from the land sale?
(a) She finds out that her mother is still waiting for her father.
(b) She finds out that her father has gambled the money away.
(c) She finds out that her mother has left.
(d) She finds out that the neighbors have moved out.

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

5. Where does Silla get a new job in Book 3?
(a) At a defense factory.
(b) At the church.
(c) At the bakery.
(d) At the hospital.

6. What does Silla think of Selina?
(a) That Selina is the cross that she has to bear.
(b) That Selina will never amount to anything.
(c) That Selina should be sent away.
(d) That Selina is her pride and joy.

7. In Book 3, what are the names of Silla's two friends who visit her to talk about church?
(a) Florrie and Iris.
(b) Elinor and Hattie.
(c) Florrie and Irene.
(d) Beulah and Margaret.

8. How much does the Boyce family get from the sale of their land?
(a) $900.
(b) $90,000.
(c) $9,000.
(d) $900,000.

9. What happens to Deighton at the mattress factory?
(a) He gets fired.
(b) His arm is injured in the machinery.
(c) He has a heart attack.
(d) He causes a riot.

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

11. Who is Father Peace?
(a) A man from Barbados who claims to be God.
(b) A man who Deighton believes to be God incarnate.
(c) A missionary from the Caribbean.
(d) A priest who tries to help Selina's family.

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

13. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?
(a) Buying chocolates for herself.
(b) Buying clothes for her sister.
(c) Buying presents for her grandchildren.
(d) Buying presents for her roommates' children.

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

15. What does Selina decide to do about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?
(a) Go to the police.
(b) Tell her father before her mother can do anything.
(c) Go to the factory and talk to her mother.
(d) Tell the priest so that he will convince her mother to stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?

2. Why is Book 2 called Pastorale?

3. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?

4. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?

5. Which of the following item types will Silla make and sell for extra money?

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