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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. How do others react when Selina tries to tell them about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?
(a) They do not listen to her.
(b) They tell her that it is not any of her business.
(c) They tell her father.
(d) They tell her mother.

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

3. What does Beryl do to comfort Selina after they argue at the park?
(a) She rubs her feet.
(b) She brushes her hair.
(c) She buys her candy.
(d) She holds her close.

4. What does Mary think that Maritze's focus should be?
(a) Finding a husband.
(b) Finding a new home.
(c) Making more friends.
(d) Getting a job.

5. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?
(a) Because they do not know how to cook.
(b) Because they refused to beg for food.
(c) Because they do not have a mother.
(d) Because their mother Is out at a party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?

2. What does Selina decide to do about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?

3. What does Selina do to Ina when Ina states that she will tell their father how bad he is?

4. Who is Vergie?

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

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