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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?
2. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?
3. Who finally listens to Selina's worries about Silla's plan to sell Deighton's land?
4. What do Selina and Beryl argue about in Book 2?
5. In what part of New York does the Boyce family live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Deighton starts to believe in a cult-like religion. Which cult-like religion is it?
2. In Book 1, why does Selina not want to wear the second-hand clothes that Silla has brought home?
3. What is Selina's relationship with her mother like?
4. Why does Selina think that babies are born by chopping the mother's stomach open?
5. Following his work injury, why does Deighton see no point in engaging in physical therapy to enable his injured arm back to full strength?
6. How are Silla and Miss Thompson alike?
7. How is the issue of racism introduced in Book 1?
8. In Book 2, Beryl and Selina have a conversation about babies being born. Why do they not know the facts of life?
9. What event takes place in Book 3 that coincides with the beginning of World War II?
10. Why does Silla want to sell the land that her husband has inherited in Barbados so badly?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the pivotal moment in Selina's life that changes her entire future? Is there more than one? Define Selina's pivotal moments, and analyze how they change her.
Essay Topic 2
When Selina discovers dance, what changes for her? Describe the impact that it has on her development as a character and in the final climax of the book.
Essay Topic 3
The topic of sexuality appears often throughout the book. How does it relate to Selina's coming of age? Which elements or shifts does Selina experience in her understanding of sexuality as she is growing up? Give an overall time line of Selina's knowledge, and sum up her status by the end of book. Does she have a full understanding of sexuality? Why or why not?
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