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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator unable to talk to the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He hates her because of her mother.
(c) He is at a sporting event out of town.
(d) He is visiting his family in Europe.

2. Why are the natives jealous of the tourists?
(a) Because they are unable to escape the place that they live.
(b) The natives are not jealous of the tourists.
(c) Because the tourists are from a nicer place.
(d) Because the tourists do not have any concerns.

3. What does the lush vegetation of the neighboring islands indicate?
(a) The likelihood of rain.
(b) The lack of rain.
(c) The health of the island.
(d) The lack of health on the island.

4. What does the narrator reminisce about near the beginning of Section 2?
(a) The streets she grew up on.
(b) Attending elementary school.
(c) Her first marriage.
(d) Her family life.

5. What kind of cars are predominant in Antigua?
(a) Police cars.
(b) Expensive Japanese cars.
(c) Family-friendly station wagons.
(d) Flashy convertibles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother argue about with the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport?

2. When do the African slaves cease to be noble and exalted?

3. When V. C. Bird reassumes his station, how long is the other Prime Minister imprisoned for?

4. Why are slaves brought to Antigua?

5. Who brought Africans to Antigua?

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