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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, A Long Day and a Long Night, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?
(a) Because there are not any good jobs available.
(b) Because he is lazy.
(c) Because White people are not be likely to hire him.
(d) Because he is stupid.

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

4. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Fulton Street.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Staten Island.

5. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?
(a) Ina.
(b) Silla.
(c) The son.
(d) Selina.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?

2. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

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

4. How does Deighton's mistress treat him?

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

(see the answer key)

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