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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following areas is the point from which the Boyce family emigrates?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Barbados.

2. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?
(a) She owns the brownstone.
(b) She has a car.
(c) She is White.
(d) She is Selina's father's employer.

3. 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 he is lazy.
(c) Because White people are not be likely to hire him.
(d) Because there are not any good jobs available.

4. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?
(a) Betrayed.
(b) Angry.
(c) Scared.
(d) Relieved.

5. What is the Barbados island religion called?
(a) Jainism.
(b) Santaria.
(c) Obeah.
(d) Voodoo.

6. What are Deighton's happy news?
(a) That he has gotten a job.
(b) That he is buying a house.
(c) That they are about to have a son.
(d) That he has inherited land in Barbados.

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

8. 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 that it is not any of her business.
(b) They tell her father.
(c) They tell her mother.
(d) They do not listen to her.

9. In Book 3, what does Silla say that she will do to get what she wants?
(a) Kill her husband.
(b) Make her husband get a job.
(c) Kick her husband out.
(d) Sell her husband's land.

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

11. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?
(a) Buying clothes for her sister.
(b) Buying chocolates for herself.
(c) Buying presents for her grandchildren.
(d) Buying presents for her roommates' children.

12. Whose wedding does the family attend in Book 3?
(a) Maritze's wedding.
(b) The wedding of 'Gatha Steed's daughter.
(c) Beryl's sister's wedding.
(d) Miss Thompson's wedding.

13. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?
(a) Go to Prospect Park.
(b) Visit a boy.
(c) Look for her father.
(d) Spend the afternoon at Coney Island.

14. What does Selina do as Beryl comforts her at the park in Book 2?
(a) She tells a story from the island.
(b) She wonders what is going on.
(c) She keeps arguing.
(d) She reads poetry that she has written.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?

2. In Book 3, what is Silla's reaction after hearing her father reminisce about courting her mother?

3. What do the guests at the wedding think about Deighton?

4. Who is Vergie?

5. What does Selina do to Ina when Ina states that she will tell their father how bad he is?

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