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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is done so that the English Princess will have a favorable impression of Antigua?
(a) English flags are flown from every possible pole.
(b) The streets and buildings are repaired.
(c) The natives are gathered for a parade.
(d) The hotel is lavishly decorated.

2. Where do the tourists finally arrive in Section 1?
(a) At their resort.
(b) At the narrator's house.
(c) In Antigua.
(d) At the hotel.

3. How do the tourists feel around the natives?
(a) Angry.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Friendly.

4. Who does not realize the cruelty of their actions concerning slavery?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The English.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The Antiguans.

5. Who owns the third mansion described in Section 1?
(a) A Middle Eastern family.
(b) A drug smuggler.
(c) Evita.
(d) The narrator.

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

7. Who does not work for the Barclay Brothers for a long time?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A black person.
(d) The narrator.

8. What do the tourists wonder if the car owners have?
(a) Equally extravagant homes.
(b) A lot of money.
(c) Large families.
(d) Legal records.

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

10. How are the tourists transported to their resorts?
(a) By airplane.
(b) By taxi cab.
(c) By bus.
(d) By walking.

11. What do the tourists ask to see which prevents them from being overcharged?
(a) The mansions.
(b) The fee sheet.
(c) The hotel.
(d) The manager.

12. Who serves as a hyperbolic paradox of the Antiguans?
(a) The foreigners.
(b) The English.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The narrator.

13. Why do the English leave Antigua?
(a) Because they are lonely.
(b) Because they are poorer than the Antiguans.
(c) Because they are murdered.
(d) Because they miss their home.

14. What does the author say in Section 2 that the English steal from the Antiguans?
(a) Land.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Money.
(d) Children.

15. Who does Kincaid say is a potential tourist?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Antiguans.
(c) Every native.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is admired about the island?

2. How did the Barclay Brothers earn their wealth?

3. What kind of cars are predominant in Antigua?

4. What does the sign on the front of the library claim?

5. According to the author, where do the tourists behave as normal people?

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