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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 167 - 220).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sergeant Beckles live, as Jones describes it in Chapter 16?
(a) By some unknown force.
(b) By his belly.
(c) By his wits.
(d) By the grace of God.

2. What prompts Carson's hospitalization in Chapter 22?
(a) He cuts himself while drunk.
(b) He breaks his ankle.
(c) He loses an eye in an industrial accident.
(d) He falls off his bed.

3. What commotion is happening on the beach when Mira is walking home in Chapter 9?
(a) Someone found a shark's body.
(b) Someone kidnapped a baby.
(c) Someone was found bloody and nearly dead.
(d) Someone found a strange ship that looks like it crashed on the sand.

4. What had Peter been trying to do when he had been killed?
(a) Save Mira.
(b) Protect his money.
(c) Run for the beach.
(d) Save his dog.

5. What kind of woman was Wilma in 1963?
(a) A woman of impulse.
(b) A woman who knew how to end things.
(c) A woman of ill repute.
(d) A woman of order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala know that some people lie about in abusive relationships?

2. Who does Adan sometimes sell coconuts to?

3. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?

4. Why does Adan hide before he knows who has come to visit them in Chapter 6?

5. What does Lala do for money on the beach?

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