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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the narrator describe the pain of Antiguans?
(a) As nonexistent.
(b) As unreal.
(c) As irritating.
(d) As sad.
2. How does the narrator describe the Africans?
(a) As disheartened and homesick.
(b) As noble and exalted.
(c) As a selfish and miserable disease.
(d) As excited to experience new things.
3. Whose suspicions of the narrator as a child were justified?
(a) The headmistress of the narrator's school.
(b) The Primer Minister's.
(c) The head librarian's.
(d) The narrator's mother's.
4. Why were Africans brought to Antigua?
(a) They sought religious freedom.
(b) To teach the English about agriculture.
(c) To build homes.
(d) To be slaves.
5. How are the Antiguan utility companies set up?
(a) They are owned by Americans who visit Antigua on vacation.
(b) As monopolies.
(c) There are no utility companies in Antigua.
(d) As competitive entities.
6. Who is not permitted time on the radio to defend themselves?
(a) Opposition parties.
(b) The English.
(c) The Antiguan government.
(d) The narrator and her mother.
7. Who are ordinary people, according to the author in Section 4?
(a) No one is ordinary.
(b) The foreigners who lives in Antigua.
(c) The Syrians.
(d) Antiguans.
8. When Antigua becomes self-governing, what happens to the Queen's stand-in?
(a) He becomes Prime Minister.
(b) He is assassinated.
(c) He becomes President.
(d) He becomes Premier.
9. When do the African slaves cease to be noble and exalted?
(a) They never cease to be noble and exalted.
(b) They are never noble and exalted.
(c) After emancipation.
(d) When they are brought to Antigua.
10. What charge is the second Prime Minister imprisoned for?
(a) Cheating on his spouse.
(b) Using his office for personal profit.
(c) Murdering government officials.
(d) Lying to the Antiguan people.
11. When the English leave Antigua, what do Antiguans become?
(a) Ordinary people.
(b) Homesick and unhappy.
(c) Noble, exalted slaves.
(d) A selfish, miserable disease.
12. What is the setting of "A Small Place?"
(a) America.
(b) England.
(c) Africa.
(d) Antigua.
13. What is Bird's ruthless son dying from?
(a) A blood disease.
(b) A brain tumor.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Cancer.
14. Why is Bird's less ruthless son not a threat to Antiguans?
(a) He is already dead.
(b) He is married to a kind woman who will not allow him to be cruel to Antiguans.
(c) He is too opulent to be a true leader.
(d) He is too old.
15. When do the slaveholders cease to be selfish rubbish?
(a) They never cease to be selfish rubbish.
(b) After emancipation.
(c) When they bring slaves to Antigua.
(d) They are never selfish rubbish.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of character is the island of Antigua?
2. What adds to the surrealism of the island, according to Section 4?
3. How does the narrator describe the English?
4. In Section 4, who is the oppressor?
5. What is now situated above a dry-goods store?
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