Brown Girl, Brownstones Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Brown Girl, Brownstones Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Selina's mother bring home from work for Selina?

2. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?

3. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?

4. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the issue of racism introduced in Book 1?

3. How do Deighton's actions support Silla's annoyances with him?

4. In Book 2, Beryl thinks that babies just pop out easily. What misinformation does she have about menstruation?

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

6. In Book 2, while her parents argue about the land in Barbados, what do Selina's daydreams focus upon?

7. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does Selina worry about her mother?

8. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why is Maritze so annoyed with Suggie's romantic adventures?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion and poverty are important issues in Brown Girl, Brownstones. How are the two tied together? Does religion impact any character's view or relationship with money? Does poverty prompt some of the characters to seek religion? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Death induces extreme emotional reactions. Think about each of the deaths that occur in this novel - both actual physical deaths and metaphorical deaths. Focusing on each one in turn, analyze the importance of each death, and how it plays an integral role in a new life coming forth.

Essay Topic 3

What is the pivotal moment in Selina's life that changes her entire future? Is there more than one? Define Selina's pivotal moments, and analyze how they change her.

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