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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. Who does the narrator say has no language?

2. According to the narrator, what do Americans constantly complain about?

3. How was the second mansion paid for?

4. What does Section 2 compare and contrast?

5. What do the English condemn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the tourists think about the natives?

2. In Section 2, what laws does the narrator recall, and what complicated these laws?

3. How does the narrator feel about the English at the beginning of Section 2?

4. What do the tourists think about the school in Section 1?

5. What in Antigua is named after an English Princess, what happens before she visits the island, and why?

6. How do tourists arrive in Antigua, and what do they do upon their arrival?

7. How did the narrator feel about the Governor House as a child, and what did she see there?

8. How do the Barclay Brothers earn and sustain their wealth?

9. How does modern Antigua compare to the Antigua of the narrator's youth?

10. How do native Antiguans feel about the foreigners who inhabit their island, as described in Section 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which groups of people are present in the book as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How is foreshadowing used in "A Small Place?" Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 3

How does the corruption of the Antiguan government impede development in Antigua?

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