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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What laws does the narrator recall being passed in her youth?
(a) Laws to prevent abusive language.
(b) Laws allowing the government to embezzle money.
(c) Laws to prevent natives from entering public buildings.
(d) Laws prohibiting women from reading.

2. What kind of characters are the Antiguans?
(a) Lamentable.
(b) Static.
(c) Dynamic.
(d) Comical.

3. Why is the narrator unable to talk to the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport?
(a) He is at a sporting event out of town.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is visiting his family in Europe.
(d) He hates her because of her mother.

4. Who do the tourists wonder at?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The English.
(c) The natives.
(d) Themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, how did the narrator feel about the Government House?

2. Who tries to overcharge the tourists?

3. What is the tone of most of "A Small Place?"

4. According to the narrator, what do Americans constantly complain about?

5. In regard to the laws that the narrator recalls being passed, what do the English have difficulty determining?

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