View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The War, Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Selina and her father leave the place where Father Peace gathers his followers, to whom are they compared by the narrator?
(a) Socrates and Plato.
(b) God and Mary.
(c) Zeus and Athena.
(d) Oedipus and Antigone.

2. What does Selina daydream about when her parents fight?
(a) About running away to California.
(b) About being a better mother than her own.
(c) About being married to a handsome man who is nice.
(d) About being the white child of the former owners of the brownstone.

3. How does Silla react to Deighton's return following his trip to the bank to cash the check?
(a) She smashes his new trumpet on the floor.
(b) She runs out.
(c) She throws everything out the window.
(d) She scratches his face.

4. Where does Deighton live and work after leaving his family?
(a) With his mistress.
(b) On the streets.
(c) At the peace restaurant.
(d) With his brother.

5. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?
(a) Because they thought that the girls would not have sex if they did not know about it.
(b) Because they thought that girls were evil.
(c) Because they wanted to scare the girls.
(d) Because they knew that girls would never get married if they did not have knowledge about sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?

2. What happens at Silla's job in Book 3?

3. What type of mood does Deighton have on that Monday morning before he goes to the bank to cash the check from the land sale?

4. Why does Selina refer to Silla as Hitler?

5. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 367 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample