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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. Who condemns the tourists' lack of concern?

2. What are the tourists normally reassured of?

3. Who does not realize the cruelty of their actions concerning slavery?

4. What does the narrator reminisce about near the beginning of Section 2?

5. Who tries to overcharge the tourists?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What role does language play in Section 2?

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

5. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

6. How do the Barclay Brothers earn and sustain their wealth?

7. In Section 2, what laws does the narrator recall, and what complicated these laws?

8. What do the tourists think about the natives?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the monopoly of organizations (utilities, car dealerships, etc.) negatively affect Antiguans?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator change throughout the book? Detail the changes she makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 3

Investigate "A Small Place" as a panegyric. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical panegyric? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as a panegyric? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the book as a panegyric?

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