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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. What does Clive do during the War?
(a) Is a cook in the Navy.
(b) Digs fox holes.
(c) Flies fighter planes.
(d) Cleans up dead bodies.

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

3. Which of the following does Selina like most while she is at college?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Times Square.
(d) Coney Island.

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

5. In Book 4, Chapter 10, which of the following statements best describes how Clive chooses to respond when his mother asks for his help?
(a) He helps his mother rather than Selina.
(b) He runs away to get away from Selina.
(c) He breaks up with Selina.
(d) He helps Selina rather than his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Miss Thompson's advice to a grown-up Selina?

2. When Selina and her father leave the place where Father Peace gathers his followers, to whom are they compared by the narrator?

3. How does Deighton die?

4. Where does Deighton take Selina to see Father Peace?

5. Which of the following is Selina singled out to be at the dance recital?

Short Essay Questions

1. By Book 4, Chapter 4, Selina is growing up and going to college. What else is different in her life?

2. What does Selina think about the Association?

3. What does Selina think upon meeting Clive's mother?

4. What does Selina think about Ina making her engagement announcement in a less than excited way?

5. What does Mrs. Benton think about Selina?

6. Why does Clive warn Selina against joining the Modern Dance Club?

7. In Book 4, Chapters 1-3, Silla finally achieves her dream of owning the house that she and Selina live in. What makes it apparent that it has not made her happy?

8. Why does Selina call her mother "Hitler"?

9. What is Selina planning to do when she decides to try to help Clive with his art career?

10. In Book 3, Chapter 8, why does Selina ask Deighton to take her to see Father Peace?

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