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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much does the Boyce family get from the sale of their land?
(a) $90,000.
(b) $900.
(c) $900,000.
(d) $9,000.

3. Which of the following phrase best describes the relationship between Deighton and Silla?
(a) Father and daughter.
(b) Having an affair.
(c) Unhappy marriage.
(d) Brother and sister.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When they get to the park, where do Beryl and Selina go?

2. In Book 3, when she attends the wedding, which of the following does Selina mentally picture herself as being in relation to the bow on her head?

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

4. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

5. How does Deighton's mistress treat him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Selina's relationship with her mother like?

2. Deighton starts to believe in a cult-like religion. Which cult-like religion is it?

3. In Book 3, how does Silla manage to sell Deighton's land out from under him?

4. Why does Selina think that babies are born by chopping the mother's stomach open?

5. What is the main problem in Silla's and Deighton's marriage?

6. In Book 2, Beryl and Selina have a conversation about babies being born. Why do they not know the facts of life?

7. Miss Thompson's roommate has three little girls, but it is Miss Thompson who cares for them. Why is that?

8. Beryl's father asks Selina about her own father, and then tells her that he is a disgrace. Why does that upset Selina so much?

9. In Book 1, why does Selina not want to wear the second-hand clothes that Silla has brought home?

10. Why do you think that Deighton is seeking out a mistress?

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