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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Antiguans celebrate as a holiday?

2. What does the narrator say that Antiguans do not seem to realize?

3. What does the sign on the front of the library claim?

4. According to the author, where do the tourists behave as normal people?

5. Who owns the second mansion described in Section 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Mill Reef Club.

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

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

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

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

6. What do the tourists think about the school in Section 1?

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

8. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

9. How do tourists arrive in Antigua, and what do they do upon their arrival?

10. How does modern Antigua compare to the Antigua of the narrator's youth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the library used as a symbol in "A Small Place?" Why is it significant that the library is not restored?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the main themes in this book and detail its recurrences throughout the book. What does it add to the book? How does it affect the different people described in the book?

Essay Topic 3

What role does racism play in the book? Is it prominent, or in the background? Who displays racism in this book?

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