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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Since when has the library been closed?
(a) The Tsunami of 1980.
(b) The Hurricane of 1977.
(c) The Volcano Eruption of 1970.
(d) The Earthquake of 1974.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, how did the narrator feel about the Government House?

2. What is extremely dynamic in Antigua?

3. The tourists try not to dwell on the condition of what public facility?

4. What does the author say in Section 2 that the English teach the Antiguans?

5. What are the tourists normally reassured of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the taxi driver tell the tourists about the third mansion in Section 1?

2. How does the narrator feel about the English at the beginning of Section 2?

3. Describe the Mill Reef Club.

4. How does the narrator view tourists, as described in Section 1?

5. How do the English teach the Antiguans crime, according to the narrator in Section 2?

6. How does the Czechoslovakian refugee earn his living, and how does he feel about native Antiguans?

7. What role does language play in Section 2?

8. What do tourists consider, and what do they not consider?

9. What does the taxi driver tell the tourists about the first mansion in Section 1?

10. What do tourists think about when they notice the expensive Japanese cars?

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