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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is suspected of murder but never convicted?
(a) The narrator.
(b) V. C. Bird.
(c) Evita.
(d) Syrians and Lebanese.

2. Since when has the library been closed?
(a) The Tsunami of 1980.
(b) The Volcano Eruption of 1970.
(c) The Hurricane of 1977.
(d) The Earthquake of 1974.

3. Who does not work for the Barclay Brothers for a long time?
(a) The narrator.
(b) A man.
(c) A woman.
(d) A black person.

4. How do the tourists feel by the time they return to their homes?
(a) Well-rested.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Exhausted.

5. Who arrives in Antigua at the beginning of Section 1?
(a) Tourists.
(b) The Swedish.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The headmistress of the girls' school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are ordinary people, according to the author in Section 4?

2. Where is Queen Victoria's death celebrated?

3. At the end of Section 4, who still lives in a surreal place?

4. How did the Barclay Brothers earn their wealth?

5. Who in Section 4 is described as submerged in the unreality of Antigua?

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