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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 that had been the way that Virgie had delivered her baby--by Caesarean section.
(c) Because Selina has a younger sibling who was born in that manner.
(d) Because she has read it in a medical book.

3. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?
(a) Because their mother Is out at a party.
(b) Because they do not know how to cook.
(c) Because they do not have a mother.
(d) Because they refused to beg for food.

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

5. Why is Book 2 called Pastorale?
(a) Because it has elements of nature: the park, the zoo, and talk about babies.
(b) Because the pastor preaches a sermon in Book 2.
(c) Because the girls listen to a concert where a pastorale is performed.
(d) Because it takes place in a pasture.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Suggie and Selina?

3. What will the children at Miss Thompson's do when it is time for bed?

4. What does Ina tell her mother that her father plans to do?

5. During the argument between Selina and Beryl in Book 2, what does Selina believe that she will never do?

(see the answer key)

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