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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?
(a) He agrees to go to the bank.
(b) He refuses to deposit the money.
(c) He divorces his wife so that she cannot have the money.
(d) He goes to Barbados to retrieve his land.

2. What does Mary think that Maritze's focus should be?
(a) Making more friends.
(b) Getting a job.
(c) Finding a husband.
(d) Finding a new home.

3. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?
(a) Miss Mary.
(b) The police.
(c) Yearwood.
(d) His mother.

4. What are Deighton's happy news?
(a) That he is buying a house.
(b) That he has gotten a job.
(c) That they are about to have a son.
(d) That he has inherited land in Barbados.

5. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?
(a) Fulton Street.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Central Park.

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

7. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?
(a) An old man.
(b) Deighton.
(c) Ina.
(d) Beryl.

8. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?
(a) She gets a job.
(b) She gets her period.
(c) She is transferred to a different school.
(d) She gets married.

9. What does Selina do to Ina when Ina states that she will tell their father how bad he is?
(a) Selina tries to strangle Ina.
(b) Selina pulls Ina's hair.
(c) Selina beat ups Ina.
(d) Selina pushes Ina into a door.

10. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1929.

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

12. How does Maritze react to Suggie's lovers staying over?
(a) She wants to move away.
(b) She bangs on the wall between their apartments.
(c) She screams.
(d) She tries to kill them.

13. How many siblings does Beryl have?
(a) Three (3).
(b) Seven (7).
(c) Five (5).
(d) Six (6).

14. In Book 3, what does Silla say that she will do to get what she wants?
(a) Kick her husband out.
(b) Sell her husband's land.
(c) Make her husband get a job.
(d) Kill her husband.

15. 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 the neighbors have moved out.
(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 her mother is still waiting for her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Silla get a new job in Book 3?

2. What type of mood does Silla have on that Monday morning as Deighton is leaving to go to the bank to cash his check?

3. Who finally listens to Selina's worries about Silla's plan to sell Deighton's land?

4. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

5. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?

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