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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 does Mrs. Benton say about Selina?
(a) That she is the best dancer who she has ever seen.
(b) That she is too poor to befriend her daughter.
(c) That she is well-spoken for a Negro.
(d) That she is not allowed in her home.

2. How does Deighton die?
(a) He is stabbed by a robber.
(b) He drowns.
(c) He is sent to fight in the War.
(d) He is shot.

3. Which of the following causes Selina to run out of the room at the party after the dance recital?
(a) Being ashamed of her mother.
(b) Beryl yelling at everyone and embarrassing Selina.
(c) Mrs. Benton telling her to clean up the room.
(d) Mrs. Benton asking her to do a West Indies accent.

4. What does Deighton tell his family after having become more enthralled with Father Peace?
(a) That he is going to get a permanent job at last.
(b) That he is going back to Barbados.
(c) That he is going to move out to work for Father Peace.
(d) That he is going to kill himself.

5. In Book 4, where does Selina attend a party despite still deeply grieving over her father's death?
(a) Suggie's house.
(b) Ina's church basement.
(c) Beryl's house.
(d) A nightclub.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is Miss Thompson's advice to a grown-up Selina?

2. Which of the following dreams does Silla realize in Book 4?

3. What happens on the walk home after the Association meeting?

4. What are Selina's plans at the end of the book?

5. What does Selina learn about racism because of her experience with Rachel Fine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Selina's experience with the Modern Dance Club reinforce Clive's belief that the White people who belong to it are racists?

2. How does Selina's manner of dress following her father's death reflect her inner emotional state?

3. What does Selina think upon meeting Clive's mother?

4. Why does Selina finally leave Clive?

5. Why does Selina call her mother "Hitler"?

6. Why does Miss Thompson tell Selina the story of how her foot became ulcerated?

7. What is Selina planning to do when she decides to try to help Clive with his art career?

8. What kind of symbolism is embedded in Selina's new job?

9. In Book 3, Chapter 8, why does Selina ask Deighton to take her to see Father Peace?

10. How does Selina know that her father is truly lost to her family?

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