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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Pastorale.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?
(a) Old lady and her nurse.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Roommates.
(d) Mother and daughter.

3. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Best friends.
(d) Sisters.

4. What does Suggie like to drink?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Milk.
(d) Rum.

5. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Scared.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?

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

3. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?

4. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?

5. Which of the following phrase best describes the relationship between Deighton and Silla?

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