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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. When do the slaveholders cease to be selfish rubbish?
2. How does the narrator describe the Africans?
3. When was Antigua discovered?
4. Who leaves Antigua?
5. Who is the Queen's stand-in in Antigua before the island becomes self-governing?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator describe Antigua at the beginning of Section 4?
2. When the narrator decides to speak to the lady whose family helped establish the Mill Reef Club, what does the lady say, and how does the narrator feel about this?
3. Describe the Redonda stamp scandal.
4. When are Africans brought to Antigua, by whom, and why?
5. How are slaves and slaveholders viewed by the narrator in Section 4?
6. What role do the slave records play in Section 3?
7. Where is the library now situated, and what is happening with the books, according to Section 3?
8. What do the Syrians and Lebanese do in Antigua?
9. When the narrator was a child, what did the head librarian suspect, and what does the narrator say about these suspicions?
10. How are the Antiguans taken advantage of due to their innocence and naivete?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one of the main themes in this book and detail its recurrences throughout the book. What does it add to the book? How does it affect the different people described in the book?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
How does the sarcastic tone of the book affect comprehension of "A Small Place?" Why is this tone used, and what is its result?
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