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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is extremely dynamic in Antigua?
(a) The English.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The culture and lifestyles.
(d) The tourists.

3. What does the author say is lacking to separate Antiguans from the past?
(a) Time.
(b) Emancipation.
(c) A historical moment.
(d) Laws.

4. How do the Antiguans feel about the owners of the first mansion?
(a) They love them.
(b) They are jealous of them.
(c) They are close friends.
(d) They hate them.

5. Who has green cards that allow them to escape to the United States?
(a) All Antiguan ministers of government.
(b) All Antiguans.
(c) No one.
(d) The narrator and her family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator pity?

3. When the English leave Antigua, what do Antiguans cease to be?

4. What are the tourists normally reassured of?

5. What is Bird's ruthless son dying from?

(see the answer key)

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