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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The War, Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?
(a) She runs a bakery and does laundry.
(b) She runs a restaurant.
(c) She cleans homes for the rich.
(d) She runs a beauty shop and cleans offices.

2. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?
(a) About what to do with the land in Barbados.
(b) About where to send Selina to school.
(c) About whether they should go back to Barbados.
(d) About whether to have another baby.

3. What is Selina's sister's name?
(a) Maritze.
(b) Ina.
(c) Virgie.
(d) Mary.

4. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?
(a) She is transferred to a different school.
(b) She gets married.
(c) She gets a job.
(d) She gets her period.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silla think of Selina?

2. What is the name of Beryl's father?

3. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?

4. In Book 3, how does Silla carry out her plan to get money for a house?

5. Which of the following is one of the reasons that Maritze is bitter?

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