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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 owns the second mansion described in Section 1?

2. How does the author describe all tourists?

3. Who owns the third mansion described in Section 1?

4. Who tries to overcharge the tourists?

5. What are the tourists normally reassured of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How do the natives feel about the tourists?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

How does the monopoly of organizations (utilities, car dealerships, etc.) negatively affect Antiguans?

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