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

2. Who serves as a hyperbolic paradox of the Antiguans?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The foreigners.
(c) The tourists.
(d) The English.

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

4. As slaves, what were the Antiguans considered not long ago?
(a) Africans.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Capital.
(d) English.

5. What do the tourists swim with?
(a) Sharks that come near shore.
(b) Lifeguards watching over them.
(c) The leftovers from their breakfast.
(d) The contents of their flushed toilets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator pity?

2. What kind of cars are predominant in Antigua?

3. What do the Barclay Brothers open to sustain their wealth?

4. What are the Antiguans still being extorted for?

5. What either frightens or thrills the tourists?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the narrator feel about the Governor House as a child, and what did she see there?

4. Describe the taxi driver in Section 1.

5. How do native Antiguans feel about the foreigners who inhabit their island, as described in Section 2?

6. How do the tourists react to the hospital, and what is the narrator's opinion about this?

7. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

8. What do the tourists not consider while swimming in the ocean?

9. What does the headmistress of the girls' school often say, and how does the narrator feel about this?

10. What role does language play in Section 2?

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