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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sign on the front of the library claim?
(a) Open for business.
(b) No natives allowed.
(c) No women allowed.
(d) Repairs are pending.

2. What does the narrator's mother argue about with the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport?
(a) Their favorite football team.
(b) Building the West Indies Oil Refinery.
(c) Rebuilding the library.
(d) The Redonda stamps.

3. How do people arrive in Antigua at the beginning of Section 1?
(a) By V. C. Bird International Airport.
(b) By V. C. Bird Marina.
(c) By boat.
(d) By parachuting in.

4. What do the tourists not consider when swimming in the sea?
(a) The risk of drowning.
(b) How cold it is.
(c) The possibility of sunburn.
(d) The lack of a sewage system.

5. Who does the narrator see as innocent and naïve?
(a) Antiguans.
(b) The English.
(c) Ministers of government.
(d) Tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. When V. C. Bird reassumes his station, how long is the other Prime Minister imprisoned for?

2. Who do the tourists wonder at?

3. What laws does the narrator recall being passed in her youth?

4. Who condemns the tourists' lack of concern?

5. What do Antiguans call Bird's ruthless son?

(see the answer key)

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