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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 Ina tell her mother that her father plans to do?
(a) Move back to the island.
(b) Have a son.
(c) Move west.
(d) Divorce her.

2. What does Silla think of Selina?
(a) That Selina is her pride and joy.
(b) That Selina will never amount to anything.
(c) That Selina is the cross that she has to bear.
(d) That Selina should be sent away.

3. Which of the following is one of the reasons that Maritze is bitter?
(a) She is crippled.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is too tall.
(d) She is illegitimate.

4. In what part of New York does the Boyce family live?
(a) Little Italy.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) The Bronx.

5. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what is Deighton's latest idea for making money?
(a) Chopping wood.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Selling voodoo dolls.
(d) Making rum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?

2. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

3. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?

4. What does Silla tell her daughters that she did as a child?

5. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?

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