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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 is Mira doing when she suffers her third miscarriage?
2. What does Tone call his mother?
3. What does Wilma want Esme to do with her baby?
4. Where does Esme work for a while in her youth following Lala's birth?
5. What kind of dresses does Lala wear on the beach in Chapter 22?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who keeps coming to see Lala after Baby's death when Adan is not at home, and how does Lala greet this person?
2. What problems did Mira and Peter have just before Peter's death?
3. How does Esme, Lala's mother, die?
4. What does Tone remember most about Lala from their youth?
5. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?
6. What happens to Tone in his youth that generates great anguish and anger in him afterwards?
7. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?
8. Where does Lala stumble in Part III after a particularly bad beating by Adan?
9. Why is Tone sent to jail as a youngster?
10. Who teaches Adan the ins and outs of a life of crime?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are some of Mira Whalen's most significant regrets following her husband Peter's death, and how does Mira handle the trauma of that event in its immediate aftermath? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Why is it so important to Lala, Wilma, and Adan to have a large and lavish funeral for Baby, and what does this preference indicate about Barbadian culture? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the tone and language Jones uses to describe the physical and emotional abuse Lala suffers at the hands of her husband Adan throughout the novel.
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