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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. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?
(a) Old lady and her nurse.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Roommates.
(d) Mother and daughter.

2. What is one of the main issues that the Boyce family faces?
(a) Floods.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Racism.
(d) Fire.

3. Who is Vergie?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) A nun.
(d) A debt collector.

4. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?
(a) Selina.
(b) Silla.
(c) The son.
(d) Ina.

5. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?
(a) Turn her into a happy woman.
(b) Turn her into a forgetful woman.
(c) Turn her into a sexy woman.
(d) Turn her into a summer woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Silla not happy about Deighton's good news?

2. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?

3. What does Beryl do to comfort Selina after they argue at the park?

4. What are Deighton's happy news?

5. How does Maritze react to Suggie's lovers staying over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Silla and Miss Thompson alike?

2. Why does Suggie drink rum and act so promiscuous?

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

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

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

6. Why is Deighton in such a happy mood at the beginning of Chapter 5?

7. What wish does Selina make on her 15th birthday; and why does she regret it?

8. Why does Silla want to sell the land that her husband has inherited in Barbados so badly?

9. Following his work injury, why does Deighton see no point in engaging in physical therapy to enable his injured arm back to full strength?

10. Why does Silla worry when Deighton does not return home with the money from the land sale?

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