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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Beryl tell Selina will happen to her if she does not menstruate by the time that she turns 20 years of age?
(a) That she will die.
(b) That she will get fat.
(c) That she will lose her hair.
(d) That she will be shunned.

2. What do Selina and Beryl argue about in Book 2?
(a) About how to feed a baby.
(b) About the identity of Virgie's boyfriend.
(c) About how babies are born.
(d) About how animals eat.

3. What does Deighton do after the incident at the mattress factory?
(a) He decides to reform and become a better husband.
(b) He goes to physical therapy.
(c) He sits around and reads a newspaper.
(d) He becomes an alcoholic.

4. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?
(a) About whether to have another baby.
(b) About where to send Selina to school.
(c) About whether they should go back to Barbados.
(d) About what to do with the land in Barbados.

5. What does Selina daydream about when her parents fight?
(a) About being the white child of the former owners of the brownstone.
(b) About being a better mother than her own.
(c) About being married to a handsome man who is nice.
(d) About running away to California.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 3, when she attends the wedding, which of the following does Selina mentally picture herself as being in relation to the bow on her head?

2. What do the guests at the wedding think about Deighton?

3. What does Selina wish for on her 15th birthday?

4. Upon her eviction, which of the following does Suggie give to Selina?

5. Which of the following reasons serves as the basis for Selina's decision to go to the Association meeting?

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