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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Antoinette go soon after she leaves Coulibri Estate?
(a) She moves to Trinidad with a servant.
(b) A school for Creole girls in Spanish Town.
(c) She is sent to Dominca to attend school.
(d) She moves to England with her aunt.

2. How does Antoinette feel on her first day at school?
(a) She is frightened.
(b) She is sad and cries.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is angry.

3. What becomes of Antoinette's mother after they leave Coulibri?
(a) She goes insane.
(b) She agrees to take care of her sick aunt.
(c) She moves to England with her husband.
(d) She divorces her husband.

4. What is Mrs. Cosway's situation at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is a poor widow of five years.
(b) She is the loving and caring mother of two children.
(c) She is moving to England with her children.
(d) She is an important part of Spanish Town society.

5. What significant event occurs just before the story begins?
(a) England and France are at war over the ownership of the West Indies.
(b) There is a slave uprising in Spanish Town.
(c) The slaves are emancipated.
(d) Jamaica is a former colony that wins its independence from England.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story, how do the newly freed slaves behave towards their former white owners?

2. Who goes with Antoinette to visit her mother?

3. How many times has Antoinette had the dream when she describes it so vividly in Part One?

4. What does Antoinette wear in her dream?

5. Who is Antoinette following in her dream?

(see the answer key)

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