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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The War, Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?
(a) Because they thought that the girls would not have sex if they did not know about it.
(b) Because they knew that girls would never get married if they did not have knowledge about sex.
(c) Because they thought that girls were evil.
(d) Because they wanted to scare the girls.

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Rum.
(c) Soda.
(d) Gin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?

3. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?

4. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what is Deighton's latest idea for making money?

5. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?

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