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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Silla get a new job in Book 3?
(a) At a defense factory.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At the church.
(d) At the bakery.

3. Who is Father Peace?
(a) A missionary from the Caribbean.
(b) A priest who tries to help Selina's family.
(c) A man who Deighton believes to be God incarnate.
(d) A man from Barbados who claims to be God.

4. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?
(a) Because he is stupid.
(b) Because there are not any good jobs available.
(c) Because White people are not be likely to hire him.
(d) Because he is lazy.

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

6. What does Ina tell her mother that her father plans to do?
(a) Divorce her.
(b) Move back to the island.
(c) Have a son.
(d) Move west.

7. How many siblings does Beryl have?
(a) Seven (7).
(b) Six (6).
(c) Five (5).
(d) Three (3).

8. After accounting, what does Deighton decide to do for a living?
(a) Play the piano.
(b) Play the trumpet.
(c) Become a policeman.
(d) Drive trolleys.

9. What type of mood does Silla have on that Monday morning as Deighton is leaving to go to the bank to cash his check?
(a) Angry.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Loving.

10. During the argument between Selina and Beryl in Book 2, what does Selina believe that she will never do?
(a) Understand love.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Have babies.
(d) Start bleeding.

11. What does Silla's friend, Florrie do to Selina that upsets her?
(a) Hits her.
(b) Tells her that she is ugly.
(c) Makes fun of her.
(d) Touches her breast.

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

13. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?
(a) Doing laundry.
(b) Waitressing.
(c) Raising chickens.
(d) Cleaning houses.

14. What does Selina do to Ina when Ina states that she will tell their father how bad he is?
(a) Selina pushes Ina into a door.
(b) Selina tries to strangle Ina.
(c) Selina beat ups Ina.
(d) Selina pulls Ina's hair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Book 2 called Pastorale?

2. What does Selina find out when she returns home that Monday evening after her father has cashed the check from the land sale?

3. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?

4. What gift does Deighton have for Selina after cashing the land sale check?

5. What does Selina wish for on her 15th birthday?

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