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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who outbids the Antiguan government at an auction for slave records?
(a) The Syrians.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The swindler from the Far East.
(d) The Lebanese.

2. Where is Queen Victoria's death celebrated?
(a) At the school she attended in England.
(b) In America.
(c) In Antigua.
(d) In London.

3. Who does the narrator pity?
(a) The Antiguans.
(b) The English.
(c) The tourists.
(d) Her mother.

4. Why is Bird's less ruthless son not a threat to Antiguans?
(a) He is too opulent to be a true leader.
(b) He is too old.
(c) He is married to a kind woman who will not allow him to be cruel to Antiguans.
(d) He is already dead.

5. What do the Antiguans celebrate as a holiday?
(a) The founding of the Mill Reef Club.
(b) Queen Victoria's birthday.
(c) Their emancipation.
(d) The day that Antigua became a country.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was the second mansion paid for?

3. Since when has the library been closed?

4. What is now situated above a dry-goods store?

5. What does the narrator's mother argue about with the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport?

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