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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 say to the audience at the Association scholarship presentation?
2. What major announcement does Ina make toward the end of the book?
3. What does Selina discover that her father has left behind upon her return with Ian following her parents' argument over Deighton's involvement with Father Peace?
4. What other momentous event happens on the same day that Selina learns about her father's death?
5. Which of the following dreams does Silla realize in Book 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Book 4, Chapters 1-3, Silla finally achieves her dream of owning the house that she and Selina live in. What makes it apparent that it has not made her happy?
2. How does Father Peace upset Selina rather than make her feel welcome?
3. Why does Selina decline the Association scholarship?
4. How does Selina's manner of dress following her father's death reflect her inner emotional state?
5. Why does Miss Thompson tell Selina the story of how her foot became ulcerated?
6. What does Clive's relationship with his mother teach Selina about her own relationship with her mother?
7. What does Selina think about Ina making her engagement announcement in a less than excited way?
8. Why does Suggie warn Selina to stay away from the Barbadian Association?
9. What does Selina realize about herself upon going to a party at Beryl's house?
10. What does Selina think upon meeting Clive's mother?
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
When Selina discovers dance, what changes for her? Describe the impact that it has on her development as a character and in the final climax of the book.
Essay Topic 3
Literary critics and scholars differ in their views of whether an author's own life should be considered in the study of a piece of literature. What are your views on this question given what you know about Paule Marshall's life and the story she depicts in Brown Girl, Brownstones? Do you think that her own life is relevant? Or not? Can the book be appreciated for its own merits even if you are not familiar with any aspect of the author's life? Does knowing something about her life increase your understanding of the novel?
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