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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regard to the laws that the narrator recalls being passed, what do the English have difficulty determining?
(a) How much money to take.
(b) What to do about books that people already own.
(c) What language is abusive.
(d) Who is a native Antiguan.

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

3. Who is suspected of murder but never convicted?
(a) V. C. Bird.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Syrians and Lebanese.
(d) Evita.

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

5. How do the tourists feel about the three similar objects that they pass?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Curious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of character is the island of Antigua?

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

3. As slaves, what were the Antiguans considered not long ago?

4. When do the African slaves cease to be noble and exalted?

5. Who is detained by customs searches?

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