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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The War, Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following item types will Silla make and sell for extra money?
(a) Delicacies from Barbados.
(b) Knitted sweaters.
(c) Hand-strung rosary beads.
(d) Handmade brooms.

2. What does Silla tell her daughters that she did as a child?
(a) Shined shoes.
(b) Worked in the fields.
(c) Drank rum.
(d) Wove cloth.

3. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?
(a) She gets a job.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She gets her period.
(d) She is transferred to a different school.

4. In Book 3, what news do Silla's friends inform her about that triggers her anger?
(a) That Selina is now a woman.
(b) That the food that she cooks is not tasty.
(c) That other islanders are buying houses.
(d) That her husband has a mistress.

5. What does Selina see at the park in Book 2?
(a) Lovers displaying affection toward each other.
(b) Babies nursing.
(c) Birds mating.
(d) Her sister with a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Selina think that her mother wishes that she were?

2. What does Deighton tell his family after having become more enthralled with Father Peace?

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?

4. Which of the following means of transportation do Beryl and Selina take to the park?

5. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

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