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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When is the resentment of a crime less effective and more degrading?
(a) When it is expressed in the criminals' language.
(b) When it is non-verbal.
(c) When the victim cries during the expression of their resentment.
(d) Never.

4. Who does the narrator say has no language?
(a) Tourists.
(b) English.
(c) Americans.
(d) Antiguans.

5. In comparison to Antigua, how are the nearby islands viewed?
(a) As too rainy.
(b) As too brown.
(c) As too green.
(d) As too dry.

6. Who does the narrator hate?
(a) Antiguans.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Asians.
(d) Americans.

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

8. How do the natives view the comments about their children behaving like monkeys?
(a) They do not know about these comments.
(b) They never consider that these comments are racist.
(c) They cannot tolerate such comments.
(d) They think these comments are funny.

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

10. Where is Queen Victoria's death celebrated?
(a) In America.
(b) In London.
(c) In Antigua.
(d) At the school she attended in England.

11. What language do Antiguans speak?
(a) Antiguan.
(b) English.
(c) Latin.
(d) African.

12. Whose girlfriend is the owner of the third mansion?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) Someone high up in the government.
(c) The swindler from the Far East.
(d) The narrator.

13. What do the Barclay Brothers open to sustain their wealth?
(a) A dentist's office.
(b) Barclay Bank.
(c) The library.
(d) The Mill Reef Club.

14. How do the Antiguans feel about the bad manners of foreigners?
(a) Amused.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Surprised.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has changed since the narrator's youth?

2. Who owns much of Antigua?

3. What does the narrator say that Antiguans do not seem to realize?

4. What do North Americans found in Antigua?

5. How do the Antiguans feel about the owners of the first mansion?

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