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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the quote in "Chapter 5" originally come from?
(a) A Bible passage.
(b) A song.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A poem.

2. What nationality is Bobby?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) American.
(c) Canadian.
(d) English.

3. What insect does Clare spot in her hospital room?
(a) A black moth.
(b) A striped bee.
(c) A blue butterfly.
(d) A large horsefly.

4. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare visit in Jamaica?
(a) Her god-mother.
(b) Her aunt and uncle.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her father's friends.

5. While in London, how did Clare spend her days?
(a) Watching movies.
(b) Visiting museums.
(c) Writing essays for school.
(d) Drinking at the local pub.

6. How is Clare's London apartment described?
(a) Crowded.
(b) Small.
(c) Full of light.
(d) Dirty.

7. What does Bobby reveal about his wound after Clare becomes pregnant?
(a) That he's had it since before the war.
(b) That he did it to himself.
(c) That he is infected with a nerve toxin.
(d) That it hurts less now.

8. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare describe to Harry/Harriet?
(a) Her childhood in New York.
(b) Her plans for Jamaica.
(c) The people she remembers.
(d) The university in London.

9. Where does the woman emit flames, in "Chapter 7"?
(a) From her soul.
(b) From her eyes.
(c) From her hands.
(d) From a torch.

10. In "Chapter 5," what choice does Harry/Harriet tell Clare she will have to make?
(a) About where to live.
(b) About what do say to her father.
(c) About how to make money.
(d) About who to marry.

11. Why does Harry/Harriet send Clare a letter, in "Chapter 6"?
(a) To pass news along about Miss Mattie's land.
(b) To say he misses her.
(c) To find out more about Bobby.
(d) To update her on political events in Jamaica.

12. At the end of Harry/Harriet's letter, he says Clare must do more than _____?
(a) Sing.
(b) Travel.
(c) Learn.
(d) Pray.

13. In "Chapter 6," what happens when Clare miscarries in the bed?
(a) She sleeps through it.
(b) Bobby runs away.
(c) Blood gets on Bobby.
(d) She cries to herself.

14. What does Clare do with her mother's old school books when she finds them, in "Chapter 11"?
(a) Kills a bug.
(b) Brings them to her school.
(c) Throws them away.
(d) Reads them.

15. What does Clare describe as being the "unquiet ground," in "Chapter 8"?
(a) The overgrown parts of Miss Mattie's property.
(b) The Jamaican ports run by the United States.
(c) Herself.
(d) The land where the slaves are buried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in "Chapter 7" call the items in her pocket?

2. Why does the interviewer talk to Clare?

3. In "Chapter 7," what is the woman said to have in her bag?

4. What nickname is given to Vietnam soldiers, in "Chapter 6"?

5. Why does Christopher cry at the end of "Chapter 9"?

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