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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. Why are the natives jealous of the tourists?

2. What would become very important if there was a car accident?

3. What does Antigua's drier climate result from?

4. What do the tourists originally think the school is?

5. What are Antiguans apathetic toward?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the tourists think about the natives?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the Mill Reef Club.

9. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

10. How is Queen Victoria celebrated in Antigua and England?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does Jamaica Kincaid claim that "all natives are tourists?" How has the condition of the Antiguans changed since their emancipation from slavery?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different settings of "A Small Place" (overall and more specific settings)? What do the different settings reveal to the reader about Antigua and its culture?

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