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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the tourists feel by the time they return to their homes?
(a) Sad.
(b) Well-rested.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Happy.

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

3. Who is the object of the narrator's reminiscences named after?
(a) An English maritime criminal.
(b) No one.
(c) Her father.
(d) The first Prime Minister of Antigua.

4. According to the narrator, what do Americans constantly complain about?
(a) Nothing.
(b) How much they miss England.
(c) The lack of sewage system in Antigua.
(d) The drier climate of Antigua.

5. What does the narrator hate about a specific group of people?
(a) Their friendship with her mother.
(b) Their supposed superiority.
(c) Their innocence and naivete.
(d) Their concern for others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the beauty locked up, according to Section 4?

2. Whose beautiful poorness is unreal?

3. Who does the narrator say has no language?

4. What do the tourists not consider when swimming in the sea?

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

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