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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator think Antigua is in worse condition as a self-ruled nation?
(a) Because of the corrupt government in power.
(b) Because of the ignorance of the natives.
(c) She does not think this.
(d) Antigua is not a self-ruled nation.

2. Who is not permitted time on the radio to defend themselves?
(a) The English.
(b) The Antiguan government.
(c) The narrator and her mother.
(d) Opposition parties.

3. How many Prime Ministers has Antigua had in its thirty years as a self-governing nation?
(a) 3.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

4. In Section 4, who is the oppressor?
(a) English slaveholders.
(b) English slaves.
(c) African slaveholders.
(d) African slaves.

5. Why were Africans brought to Antigua?
(a) To build homes.
(b) To be slaves.
(c) They sought religious freedom.
(d) To teach the English about agriculture.

6. What does a government official condone during a radio appearance?
(a) Rebuilding the library.
(b) Building casinos.
(c) The Redonda stamps.
(d) Establishing a labor union for Antiguans.

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

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

9. Who brought Africans to Antigua?
(a) Africans came to Antigua on their own.
(b) The Swiss.
(c) The English.
(d) Americans.

10. What is established to promote better wages, working conditions and life for Antiguans?
(a) Mill Reef Club.
(b) Antiguan Trades and Labor Union.
(c) West Indies Oil Refinery.
(d) Barclay Bank.

11. What adds to the surrealism of the island, according to Section 4?
(a) The natives.
(b) The sea, sky and everything.
(c) The natives' beliefs.
(d) The English.

12. What is held to raise funds to repair the library?
(a) A bake sale.
(b) An exhibition.
(c) An auction.
(d) A Teenage Pageant.

13. Who owns much land in Antigua?
(a) Syrians and Lebanese.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Evita.
(d) The Prime Minister.

14. How does the narrator describe the pain of Antiguans?
(a) As nonexistent.
(b) As sad.
(c) As irritating.
(d) As unreal.

15. How much money do the French send for development, though it mysteriously disappears?
(a) $500.
(b) $11,000,000.
(c) $11,000,000,000.
(d) $5,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When V. C. Bird reassumes his station, how long is the other Prime Minister imprisoned for?

2. When Antigua becomes self-governing, what happens to the Queen's stand-in?

3. Who outbids the Antiguan government at an auction for slave records?

4. Antigua's beauty is the same now as when Antiguans were what?

5. What is more exaggerated in a small place like Antigua?

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