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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are presented as the protagonists of Section 2?
(a) Antiguans.
(b) The English.
(c) The narrator and her family.
(d) The tourists.

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

3. As a child, how did the narrator feel about the Government House?
(a) Happy.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Awed.

4. Who owns much of Antigua?
(a) The Middle Eastern family.
(b) Evita.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A drug smuggler.

5. What is named after an English Princess?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The airport.
(c) The school.
(d) The library.

6. What does the narrator condemn about the tourists in Section 1?
(a) Their vapidity.
(b) Their ugliness.
(c) Their shallowness.
(d) Their stupidity.

7. What makes the Antiguans feel superior to foreigners?
(a) Their vast intelligence.
(b) Their more attractive looks.
(c) Their better breeding.
(d) Nothing.

8. What does the narrator say that Antiguans do not seem to realize?
(a) That many foreigners are racist.
(b) That Queen Victoria was English.
(c) That Queen Victoria is dead.
(d) That many foreigners are loyal to Antigua.

9. What does the sign on the front of the library claim?
(a) No natives allowed.
(b) No women allowed.
(c) Repairs are pending.
(d) Open for business.

10. How long have the owners of the first mansion lived in Antigua?
(a) Two years.
(b) Twenty years.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Six months.

11. What indicates that the building is actually a school?
(a) Children.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A sign.
(d) A flag.

12. Who condemns the tourists' lack of concern?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The Prime Minister.
(c) The Antiguans.
(d) The tourists.

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

14. How do people arrive in Antigua at the beginning of Section 1?
(a) By boat.
(b) By V. C. Bird Marina.
(c) By parachuting in.
(d) By V. C. Bird International Airport.

15. What do the tourists not consider when swimming in the sea?
(a) The risk of drowning.
(b) How cold it is.
(c) The lack of a sewage system.
(d) The possibility of sunburn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the tourists normally reassured of?

2. What is extremely dynamic in Antigua?

3. Who does the narrator recall seeing disappear behind the walls of the Government House?

4. What do the tourists swim with?

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

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