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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?
(a) Because she is afraid of doctors.
(b) Because she does not have any money.
(c) Because she does not believe that a doctor can cure her.
(d) Because she thinks that they will send her to an asylum.

2. What happens when Deighton tries to apply for an accounting job?
(a) He panics and does not go.
(b) He is beaten up.
(c) He encounters racism.
(d) He is hired.

3. When they get to the park, where do Beryl and Selina go?
(a) To the zoo.
(b) To the ice cream stand.
(c) To the library.
(d) To the clothing store.

4. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1929.

5. What does Deighton do after the incident at the mattress factory?
(a) He goes to physical therapy.
(b) He decides to reform and become a better husband.
(c) He becomes an alcoholic.
(d) He sits around and reads a newspaper.

6. Which of the following is one of the reasons that Maritze is bitter?
(a) She is illegitimate.
(b) She is too tall.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is crippled.

7. In Book 3, what is Silla's reaction after hearing her father reminisce about courting her mother?
(a) She has a hard time believing that her mother had ever been young and dancing.
(b) She wonders whether her father is making up the stories that he is telling.
(c) She wonders whether she will ever find a husband.
(d) She thinks that her father is crazy.

8. What happens to Deighton at the mattress factory?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He gets fired.
(c) His arm is injured in the machinery.
(d) He causes a riot.

9. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?
(a) Ina.
(b) Deighton.
(c) Beryl.
(d) An old man.

10. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what is Deighton's latest idea for making money?
(a) Chopping wood.
(b) Making rum.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Selling voodoo dolls.

11. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?
(a) Gin.
(b) Soda.
(c) Milk.
(d) Rum.

12. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?
(a) He goes to Barbados to retrieve his land.
(b) He divorces his wife so that she cannot have the money.
(c) He agrees to go to the bank.
(d) He refuses to deposit the money.

13. In Book 3, what news do Silla's friends inform her about that triggers her anger?
(a) That the food that she cooks is not tasty.
(b) That other islanders are buying houses.
(c) That Selina is now a woman.
(d) That her husband has a mistress.

14. Who finally listens to Selina's worries about Silla's plan to sell Deighton's land?
(a) Suggie.
(b) Miss Mary.
(c) Miss Thompson.
(d) The priest.

15. What does Selina's mother bring home from work for Selina?
(a) Candy.
(b) Extra work.
(c) A letter.
(d) Hand-me down clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vergie?

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

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?

4. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?

5. What do Selina and Beryl argue about in Book 2?

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