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A Small Place | Quiz

Jamaica Kincaid
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A Small Place | Quiz

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1)

What do North Americans found in Antigua? (from Section 2)

A school for girls.
A dentist's office.
Barclay Bank.
The Mill Reef Club.
2)

In Section 4, who is the oppressor? (from Section 4)

African slaveholders.
English slaveholders.
African slaves.
English slaves.
3)

What do the Antiguans celebrate as a holiday? (from Section 2)

Queen Victoria's birthday.
Their emancipation.
The founding of the Mill Reef Club.
The day that Antigua became a country.
4)

How do the natives view the comments about their children behaving like monkeys? (from Section 2)

They think these comments are funny.
They cannot tolerate such comments.
They do not know about these comments.
They never consider that these comments are racist.
5)

What does the author say in Section 2 that the English teach the Antiguans? (from Section 2)

Sports.
Reading.
Crime.
Language.
6)

What is now situated above a dry-goods store? (from Section 3)

The hospital.
The library.
The school.
The narrator's life.
7)

In Section 4, who is oppressed? (from Section 4)

English slaveholders.
English slaves.
African slaveholders.
African slaves.
8)

When do the slaveholders cease to be selfish rubbish? (from Section 4)

When they bring slaves to Antigua.
They are never selfish rubbish.
After emancipation.
They never cease to be selfish rubbish.
9)

What are the Antiguans still being extorted for? (from Section 2)

They are not being extorted.
Moral reasons.
For amusement.
Pecuniary gains.
10)

Where is Queen Victoria's death celebrated? (from Section 2)

In America.
In London.
At the school she attended in England.
In Antigua.
11)

What is Bird's ruthless son dying from? (from Section 3)

A brain tumor.
Starvation.
Cancer.
A blood disease.
12)

Why is the narrator unable to talk to the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport? (from Section 3)

He is at a sporting event out of town.
He is dead.
He hates her because of her mother.
He is visiting his family in Europe.
13)

What language do Antiguans speak? (from Section 2)

Antiguan.
English.
African.
Latin.
14)

Why were Africans brought to Antigua? (from Section 4)

To be slaves.
To teach the English about agriculture.
To build homes.
They sought religious freedom.
15)

How do the Antiguans feel about the bad manners of foreigners? (from Section 2)

Amused.
Angry.
Sad.
Surprised.
16)

During the second Prime Minister's term, what happened to tourism? (from Section 3)

It ceased.
It irritated natives.
It improved.
It went bankrupt.
17)

Who brought Africans to Antigua? (from Section 4)

The English.
Africans came to Antigua on their own.
The Swiss.
Americans.
18)

What does the swindler from the Far East help build? (from Section 3)

Condominiums for Americans.
The Antiguan library.
West Indies Oil Refinery.
The Redonda stamps.
19)

At the end of Section 4, who still lives in a surreal place? (from Section 4)

The narrator.
Antiguans.
The English.
The Prime Minister.
20)

When do the African slaves cease to be noble and exalted? (from Section 4)

When they are brought to Antigua.
After emancipation.
They are never noble and exalted.
They never cease to be noble and exalted.
21)

Who are presented as the antagonists of Section 2? (from Section 2)

The narrator and her family.
The tourists.
Antiguans.
The English.
22)

When Antigua becomes self-governing, what happens to the Queen's stand-in? (from Section 3)

He becomes Prime Minister.
He becomes President.
He is assassinated.
He becomes Premier.
23)

What does the narrator speak about to the lady whose family established the Mill Reef Club? (from Section 3)

Purchasing Antigua's slave records.
Her family's history.
Restoring the library.
Electing a new Prime Minister.
24)

When V. C. Bird reassumes his station, how long is the other Prime Minister imprisoned for? (from Section 3)

8 years.
6 months.
8 months.
6 years.
25)

What is the only offense the Czechoslovakian refugee accepts from his patients? (from Section 2)

The color of the skin.
Their dirtiness.
Their sarcasm.
Their ignorance.
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