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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. The tourists try not to dwell on the condition of what public facility?

2. Who loves England so much that they leave and never return?

3. How do the natives view the comments about their children behaving like monkeys?

4. Who arrives in Antigua at the beginning of Section 1?

5. How are the tourists transported to their resorts?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do tourists view Antigua in comparison to nearby islands, and why?

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

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

4. What role does language play in Section 2?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the taxi driver in Section 1.

10. What does the taxi driver tell the tourists about the second mansion in Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Antiguans and the tourists.

Essay Topic 2

What genre is "A Small Place" considered, and do you agree that this is the best genre to use to present the author's information?

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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