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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What either frightens or thrills the tourists?
(a) The waves on the beach.
(b) The lack of rain.
(c) Landing in Antigua.
(d) The drivers' carelessness.

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

3. Who arrives in Antigua at the beginning of Section 1?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Tourists.
(c) The headmistress of the girls' school.
(d) The Swedish.

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

5. In comparison to Antigua, how are the nearby islands viewed?
(a) As too rainy.
(b) As too dry.
(c) As too green.
(d) As too brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would become very important if there was a car accident?

2. What does Antigua's drier climate result from?

3. How does the author describe all tourists?

4. The tourists try not to dwell on the condition of what public facility?

5. What does the narrator hate about a specific group of people?

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