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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 Selina wonder when Ina makes her major announcement without exhibiting much excitement?
(a) Whether Suggie is okay.
(b) Whether all women are ambiguous about getting married.
(c) Whether she will ever find a man.
(d) Whether her mother will ever marry someone new.

2. How does Silla manage to evict Suggie?
(a) By convincing other roomers to call her a prostitute.
(b) By telling her that only married women can board there.
(c) By revealing that she has stolen money.
(d) By making Suggie's life so miserable that she decides to leave on her own.

3. In Book 4, which of the of the following does Ina declare to care more about than boys?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Going to college.
(c) Church.
(d) School.

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

5. When Miss Thompson sees Selina as an adult, what topic does she discuss with her?
(a) How girls can get pregnant.
(b) Her foot ulcer.
(c) Why Silla is so angry.
(d) Life in the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way does Clive resemble Deighton?

2. What does Clive do during the War?

3. In Book 4, where does Selina attend a party despite still deeply grieving over her father's death?

4. Which of the following reasons does Selina accept as the basis for Silla's eviction of Suggie?

5. How does Clive respond to Selina's plan to change his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Selina know that her father is truly lost to her family?

2. How does Selina's manner of dress following her father's death reflect her inner emotional state?

3. Why does Suggie warn Selina to stay away from the Barbadian Association?

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

5. Why does Miss Thompson tell Selina the story of how her foot became ulcerated?

6. In Book 3, Chapters 8-10, what is the basis that Silla relies on to blame Deighton for the death of their son?

7. What does Mrs. Benton think about Selina?

8. How does Father Peace upset Selina rather than make her feel welcome?

9. 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?

10. Why is Silla upset with Deighton's adoration of Father Peace?

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