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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 do the guests at the wedding think about Deighton?
(a) That he has done a nice thing.
(b) That he is a great trumpet player.
(c) That he is a foolish husband.
(d) That he is a bad father.

2. What does Selina's mother bring home from work for Selina?
(a) Extra work.
(b) Hand-me down clothes.
(c) A letter.
(d) Candy.

3. 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.

4. What is one of the main issues that the Boyce family faces?
(a) Floods.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Fire.
(d) Racism.

5. What type of mood does Deighton have on that Monday morning before he goes to the bank to cash the check from the land sale?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Downtrodden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?

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

4. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?

5. What is the Barbados island religion called?

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