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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 indicates that the building is actually a school?

2. How are the tourists transported to their resorts?

3. Who condemns the tourists' lack of concern?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the narrator view tourists, as described in Section 1?

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

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

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

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

7. What role does language play in Section 2?

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

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

10. What do the tourists think about the natives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 role does racism play in the book? Is it prominent, or in the background? Who displays racism in this book?

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