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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes Lala's money that she has earned?
(a) Sergeant Beckles.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Tone.
(d) Adan.

2. What happens to Esme in Chapter 11 that becomes a terrible family secret?
(a) She robs a store and is sent to jail.
(b) She is assaulted on the beach by a neighbor.
(c) Her mother beats her to death.
(d) Her father rapes her.

3. Why does Lala go looking for Adan in Chapter 1?
(a) She has just lost her cat.
(b) She has cut hersef.
(c) She needs to remind him he is late for work.
(d) She is in labor.

4. Who does not want to let Mira and the children in at the convenience store?
(a) Adan.
(b) Markely.
(c) Henley.
(d) Tone.

5. Why does Wilma decline to use the antiseptic cream on Esme's bruises?
(a) It is too expensive to use on her child.
(b) She does not have any.
(c) Carson is using it.
(d) She is mad at Esme.

6. What does Lala do for money on the beach?
(a) Sing.
(b) Sell coconuts.
(c) Braid tourists' hair.
(d) Sell burritos.

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

8. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?
(a) The story about the troll.
(b) The story about the one-armed sister.
(c) The story about the fisherman.
(d) The story about the mermaid.

9. What does Mira do during the robbery that enrages Adan?
(a) Stabs him.
(b) Pulls the stocking off his face.
(c) Pulls the mask off his face.
(d) Spits at him.

10. Who are Mira's stepchildren?
(a) Beth and Riley.
(b) Riley and Sam.
(c) Beth and Sam.
(d) Tone and Sam.

11. What does Wilma call Lala?
(a) Anna.
(b) Ella.
(c) Kellan.
(d) Stella.

12. Who is Mira married to?
(a) Peter Whalen.
(b) Adan Primus.
(c) Tone.
(d) Grayson Franks.

13. What kind of car does Rosa's husband drive?
(a) A white pickup truck.
(b) A red Hyundai.
(c) A grey van.
(d) A blue datsun.

14. What logo is on Adan and Lala's door?
(a) Pepsi.
(b) Ramen.
(c) Coke.
(d) Cheetos.

15. What does Lala call her baby?
(a) Esme.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Stella.
(d) Baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is wrong with the bathrooms in the hospital?

3. Who does Wilma visit in the hospital in Part I?

4. Who comes to visit Lala and Adan in Chapter 6?

5. What is the main hospital in Lala's part of town in Barbados?

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