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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with the bathrooms in the hospital?
(a) There are no doors on the stalls.
(b) There is no toilet paper there.
(c) There is no running water.
(d) There are no toilets.

2. Why does Adan hide before he knows who has come to visit them in Chapter 6?
(a) He does not want to see anyone besides Wilma.
(b) He is too hungry to wait and talk to visitors before eating.
(c) He has scars he is ashamed of.
(d) He is hiding from the police.

3. What does Mira think about how the police are handling the murder investigation?
(a) They are doing an excellent job.
(b) They are getting paid to ignore it.
(c) They are making progress but have not found the killer yet.
(d) They are botching it.

4. What is one reason Lala wants money in Chapter 14?
(a) To bury Baby.
(b) To buy new dresses.
(c) To give to Tone to make up her debts.
(d) To go back to college.

5. What work did Wilma do in the 1960s?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Planting.
(c) Braiding hair.
(d) Cooking.

6. What does Adan buy Lala when she is pregant even though they are very expensive?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Strawberries.

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

8. Who is Adan's mother?
(a) Esme.
(b) Carla.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Penny.

9. Who does Adan sometimes sell coconuts to?
(a) Tone.
(b) Coyote.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Jacinthe.

10. Who comes to Lala's aid when Baby is found dead on the beach in Chapter 10?
(a) Esme.
(b) Daily.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Carson.

11. What does Tone sell on the beach?
(a) Tickets to clubs.
(b) Rides on jet skis, marijuana, and sex.
(c) Coconuts.
(d) Songbooks.

12. What happens in Mira's nightmares in Chapter 2?
(a) She drowns.
(b) She loses her fingers.
(c) She loses her teeth.
(d) She is mauled by a bear.

13. Why does Wilma make Esme sleep in the outhouse?
(a) She has nowhere else to put Esme.
(b) She punishes Esme for extreme insolence.
(c) She wants Esme to know how hard it is to be a woman in Barbados.
(d) She worries that Carson will sexually assault Esme.

14. Which worker at the convenience store is often assigned to watch Mira in the middle of the night?
(a) Jack.
(b) Henry.
(c) Tone.
(d) Adan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is really Lala's father?

2. Who does Wilma send Esme to live with in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

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