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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 does the sign on the front of the library claim?

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

3. How do the tourists feel around the natives?

4. What does the lush vegetation of the neighboring islands indicate?

5. Who does the narrator say has no language?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the English teach the Antiguans crime, according to the narrator in Section 2?

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

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

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

5. Describe the Mill Reef Club.

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

7. What do tourists think about when they notice the expensive Japanese cars?

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

9. What do the tourists think about the natives?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which groups of people are present in the book as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why?

Essay Topic 2

How does the narrator feel about tourists, the English and foreigners living in Antigua? Why does she feel this way?

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance of wealth in this book? What events are driven by wealth and poverty? How are the people in Antigua viewed based on their pecuniary success?

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