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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Annie sent home from school one day in Chapter 3?
(a) She faints in class.
(b) She is caught playing marbles.
(c) She falls and breaks her arm.
(d) She gets into a fight.

2. What scent is the lava rock given to Annie in Chapter 3 by a friend?
(a) Cinnamon.
(b) Rose.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Lavender.

3. Why does Annie stop playing with the dunce girl?
(a) All the answers are correct.
(b) She is tired of the other girls making fun of her for being the girl's friend.
(c) It seems shameful that her mother died and leaves the girl alone.
(d) She doesn't like the girl's poor manners.

4. What does Annie choose as the focus of her assignment?
(a) The trips she and her mother took to the market.
(b) The trips she and her mother took to Rat Island.
(c) Living in their summer home.
(d) The trip she made to Dominica.

5. Whose mother does not insist on daily hygiene?
(a) Annie's.
(b) The Red Girl's.
(c) Gwen's
(d) Sonia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. John teach Annie to bleach the white clothes?

2. Why is Annie's Chapter 4 friend sent away?

3. What excuses does Annie use to sneak away to meet her new friend in Chapter 4?

4. At what age does Annie say her life starts to change?

5. What is the typical summer lunch at Annie's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Annie's response to Mrs. John's accusation in Chapter 6?

2. How do the other girls feel about Annie when they learn she has begun to menstruate?

3. What hypocrisy does Annie struggle to understand regarding her mother?

4. Why does Annie say she likes to sit at the front of the class?

5. How does Annie react when her mother gives her an egg cordial with two spoons of rum in it?

6. Annie feels less than perfect in one aspect of her schooling, despite being named perfect in her history class. In what area does Annie feel weak?

7. Why does Annie begin sneaking to funerals?

8. Briefly tell what Annie's essay is about in Chapter 3.

9. Why does Annie like the Red Girl so much?

10. Why is the Red Girl sent to live with her grandparents?

(see the answer keys)

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