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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the natives jealous of the tourists?
(a) Because they are unable to escape the place that they live.
(b) Because the tourists do not have any concerns.
(c) Because the tourists are from a nicer place.
(d) The natives are not jealous of the tourists.

2. What does the narrator reminisce about near the beginning of Section 2?
(a) Her family life.
(b) Her first marriage.
(c) Attending elementary school.
(d) The streets she grew up on.

3. When V. C. Bird reassumes his station, how long is the other Prime Minister imprisoned for?
(a) 8 months.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 8 years.

4. Who serves as Prime Minister for twenty-five of Antigua's thirty years as a self-governing nation?
(a) Victor Cornelius Birdman.
(b) Vere Cornwall Bird.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The librarian.

5. Who is the object of the narrator's reminiscences named after?
(a) An English maritime criminal.
(b) The first Prime Minister of Antigua.
(c) Her father.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bird's less ruthless son not a threat to Antiguans?

2. How do the North Americans feel about native Antiguans?

3. Who does the narrator see as innocent and naïve?

4. How are the Antiguan utility companies set up?

5. What do Antiguans worry that the Birds will be unwilling to relinquish?

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