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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Selina decide to do about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?
(a) Tell her father before her mother can do anything.
(b) Tell the priest so that he will convince her mother to stop.
(c) Go to the factory and talk to her mother.
(d) Go to the police.

2. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?
(a) Visit a boy.
(b) Spend the afternoon at Coney Island.
(c) Go to Prospect Park.
(d) Look for her father.

3. 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 get fat.
(d) That she will die.

4. When Miss Thompson sees Selina as an adult, what topic does she discuss with her?
(a) Life in the South.
(b) Why Silla is so angry.
(c) How girls can get pregnant.
(d) Her foot ulcer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silla's friend, Florrie do to Selina that upsets her?

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

3. What happens when Silla goes into Miss Mary's room?

4. In what part of New York does the Boyce family live?

5. In Book 4, which of the of the following does Ina declare to care more about than boys?

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