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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. Why are the natives jealous of the tourists?
(a) Because they are unable to escape the place that they live.
(b) Because the tourists do not have any concerns.
(c) The natives are not jealous of the tourists.
(d) Because the tourists are from a nicer place.

2. How do the tourists feel by the time they return to their homes?
(a) Sad.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Well-rested.
(d) Happy.

3. What does the lush vegetation of the neighboring islands indicate?
(a) The lack of health on the island.
(b) The likelihood of rain.
(c) The lack of rain.
(d) The health of the island.

4. What does Antigua's drier climate result from?
(a) Heat.
(b) Greenhouse gases.
(c) Drought.
(d) Antigua does not have a drier climate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator condemn about the tourists in Section 1?

2. Who arrives in Antigua at the beginning of Section 1?

3. How did the Barclay Brothers earn their wealth?

4. How do the Antiguans feel about the bad manners of foreigners?

5. What is harder for Antiguans to get than car loans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in Antigua is named after an English Princess, what happens before she visits the island, and why?

2. When the English leave Antigua, what do they condemn, and what do they praise?

3. What does the narrator say about the library in Section 2?

4. According to the narrator at the end of Section 1, what is the association between all tourists and all natives?

5. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

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

7. How does the narrator feel about Europeans, as described in Section 1?

8. How do tourists view Antigua in comparison to nearby islands, and why?

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

10. How does the narrator say Antiguans feel about capitalism, and why?

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