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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the relationship between Suggie and Selina?
(a) Suggie lives upstairs.
(b) Selina wants to be like Suggie.
(c) Suggie has an affair with Selina's father.
(d) Suggie is Selina's babysitter.

3. What are Deighton's happy news?
(a) That he has inherited land in Barbados.
(b) That they are about to have a son.
(c) That he is buying a house.
(d) That he has gotten a job.

4. During the argument between Selina and Beryl in Book 2, what does Selina believe that she will never do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Start bleeding.
(c) Understand love.
(d) Have babies.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Selina do as Beryl comforts her at the park in Book 2?

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

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

5. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

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