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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 is transferred to a different school.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She gets a job.
(d) She gets her period.

4. Which of the following is one of the reasons that Maritze is bitter?
(a) She is ugly.
(b) She is crippled.
(c) She is too tall.
(d) She is illegitimate.

5. What is the relationship between Suggie and Selina?
(a) Selina wants to be like Suggie.
(b) Suggie is Selina's babysitter.
(c) Suggie lives upstairs.
(d) Suggie has an affair with Selina's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beryl tell Selina will happen to her if she does not menstruate by the time that she turns 20 years of age?

2. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?

3. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Miss Thompson's roommate has three little girls, but it is Miss Thompson who cares for them. Why is that?

2. What event takes place in Book 3 that coincides with the beginning of World War II?

3. How is the issue of racism introduced in Book 1?

4. Why does Selina think that babies are born by chopping the mother's stomach open?

5. How do Selina's daydreams about Barbados differ from her mother's memories?

6. In Book 2, Beryl and Selina have a conversation about babies being born. Why do they not know the facts of life?

7. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does Selina worry about her mother?

8. Why does Silla want to sell the land that her husband has inherited in Barbados so badly?

9. Why is Deighton in such a happy mood at the beginning of Chapter 5?

10. What is the main problem in Silla's and Deighton's marriage?

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