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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maritze react to Suggie's lovers staying over?
(a) She tries to kill them.
(b) She screams.
(c) She bangs on the wall between their apartments.
(d) She wants to move away.

2. How do others react when Selina tries to tell them about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?
(a) They tell her mother.
(b) They do not listen to her.
(c) They tell her father.
(d) They tell her that it is not any of her business.

3. What does Silla think of Selina?
(a) That Selina is the cross that she has to bear.
(b) That Selina should be sent away.
(c) That Selina is her pride and joy.
(d) That Selina will never amount to anything.

4. What does Selina wish for on her 15th birthday?
(a) For a new home.
(b) For a boyfriend.
(c) For her parents to be happy together.
(d) For a new best friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Beryl's father?

2. Whom of the following does Father Peace call to sit by him when Selina first visits him?

3. Who is Father Peace?

4. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

5. After accounting, what does Deighton decide to do for a living?

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