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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the reason upon which Clive bases his thoughts that Selina should not socialize with Whites?
(a) They make fun of her.
(b) They just want to appear to be non-racist.
(c) They are liars and cheaters.
(d) They will beat her.

2. What does Selina do at her home after leaving Clive's apartment for the last time?
(a) She tells her family all about the dance that she has performed.
(b) She cries, but will not tell her family anything.
(c) She cries, and tells her family the whole story.
(d) She puts on a brave face and does not share her pain with anyone.

3. Whom does Selina seek comfort with following her bad experience at the Benton house?
(a) Ina.
(b) Miss Thompson.
(c) Clive.
(d) Silla.

4. Where does Selina go with Rachel Fine?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To an Association meeting.
(c) To a modern dance class.
(d) To a protest rally.

5. Which of the following does Ina state that she does not want?
(a) A new boarder.
(b) A fancy wedding.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) An elaborate dress.

6. What does Selina realize when Miss Mary dies?
(a) That Suggie hates Miss Mary.
(b) That Miss Mary has a fortune.
(c) That death is scary.
(d) That things are almost the same anyway.

7. Whom of the following does Father Peace call to sit by him when Selina first visits him?
(a) Selina.
(b) Silla.
(c) Deighton.
(d) All the women.

8. Which of the following causes Selina to run out of the room at the party after the dance recital?
(a) Being ashamed of her mother.
(b) Beryl yelling at everyone and embarrassing Selina.
(c) Mrs. Benton telling her to clean up the room.
(d) Mrs. Benton asking her to do a West Indies accent.

9. How does Clive respond to Selina's plan to change his life?
(a) He breaks up with her.
(b) He gives up painting.
(c) He proposes to her.
(d) He is not interested.

10. Who does Selina meet on her way out of her first Association meeting?
(a) Clive.
(b) George.
(c) Ina.
(d) Beryl.

11. Who does Selina call for assistance in finding a job at the end of the book?
(a) Beryl.
(b) Rachel Fine.
(c) Suggie.
(d) Margaret Benton.

12. What do Miss Mary and Silla have in common?
(a) They two of them are afraid to die.
(b) They both have miserable lives.
(c) They both want to marry rich men.
(d) They both work hard, but have driven their daughters away.

13. In Book 4, Chapter 6, how does Selina feel when Clive leaves to pick up his mother?
(a) Sorry.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Abandoned.
(d) Relieved.

14. 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) Suggie.
(b) Beryl.
(c) Miss Mary.
(d) Ina.

15. Which of the following is Selina warned not to do by Clive?
(a) Learn to dance.
(b) Quit school.
(c) Become Bohemian.
(d) Go away.

Short Answer Questions

1. How dowa Selina plan to change things for Clive?

2. What does Selina discover that her father has left behind upon her return with Ian following her parents' argument over Deighton's involvement with Father Peace?

3. Which of the following does Silla think that Miss Mary will not do?

4. In what way does Clive resemble Deighton?

5. Which of the following fields of study does Silla pursue when the defense factories close in Book 4?

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