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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Since when has the library been closed?
(a) The Tsunami of 1980.
(b) The Earthquake of 1974.
(c) The Volcano Eruption of 1970.
(d) The Hurricane of 1977.

2. Whose voice does the narrator utilize?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) V. C. Bird's.
(c) It varies throughout the book.
(d) Jamaica Kincaid's.

3. What do the English condemn?
(a) The Antiguans' barbarity.
(b) Their supposed superiority.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their attempts at Enlightenment.

4. Where do the tourists finally arrive in Section 1?
(a) At their resort.
(b) In Antigua.
(c) At the hotel.
(d) At the narrator's house.

5. As a child, how did the narrator feel about the Government House?
(a) Awed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Disgusted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What either frightens or thrills the tourists?

2. Who is not permitted time on the radio to defend themselves?

3. What is more exaggerated in a small place like Antigua?

4. What do the tourists originally think the school is?

5. How does the author describe how beautiful Antigua was before?

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