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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 be shunned.
(b) That she will lose her hair.
(c) That she will die.
(d) That she will get fat.

2. Why does Selina think that babies are born by cutting the mother's stomach open?
(a) Because Selina has a younger sibling who was born in that manner.
(b) Because that had been the way that Virgie had delivered her baby--by Caesarean section.
(c) Because that is what Ina had told her.
(d) Because she has read it in a medical book.

3. What happens on the walk home after the Association meeting?
(a) Clive convinces Selina to join the Association.
(b) Selina remembers Miss Thompson's story and runs away.
(c) Selina and Clive have sex.
(d) They drink rum.

4. Who is Father Peace?
(a) A man who Deighton believes to be God incarnate.
(b) A man from Barbados who claims to be God.
(c) A missionary from the Caribbean.
(d) A priest who tries to help Selina's family.

5. What is The New Light?
(a) A book that Selina is reading.
(b) A clothing resale shop in Selina's neighborhood.
(c) A religious newspaper.
(d) A new religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of mood does Silla have on that Monday morning as Deighton is leaving to go to the bank to cash his check?

2. Which of the following is Miss Thompson's advice to a grown-up Selina?

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

4. Whose wedding does the family attend in Book 3?

5. In Book 4, Chapter 6, how does Selina feel when Clive leaves to pick up his mother?

(see the answer key)

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