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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 loves England so much that they leave and never return?

2. What has changed since the narrator's youth?

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

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

5. What is extremely dynamic in Antigua?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How is foreshadowing used in "A Small Place?" Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast V. C. Bird and the narrator. How are their relationships with Antiguans similar and different?

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