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

2. Why is Silla not happy about Deighton's good news?
(a) Because she worries that he will squander his inheritance.
(b) Because she thinks that he will kill her.
(c) Because she does not want more children.
(d) Because she is afraid that money is evil.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?

2. Which of the following means of transportation do Beryl and Selina take to the park?

3. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?

4. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?

5. Why does Selina think that babies are born by cutting the mother's stomach open?

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