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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 does Selina see at the park in Book 2?
(a) Birds mating.
(b) Her sister with a boy.
(c) Babies nursing.
(d) Lovers displaying affection toward each other.

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

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?
(a) Because there are not any good jobs available.
(b) Because he is stupid.
(c) Because he is lazy.
(d) Because White people are not be likely to hire him.

4. In Book 3, what does Silla say that she will do to get what she wants?
(a) Kick her husband out.
(b) Make her husband get a job.
(c) Kill her husband.
(d) Sell her husband's land.

5. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?
(a) He agrees to go to the bank.
(b) He refuses to deposit the money.
(c) He divorces his wife so that she cannot have the money.
(d) He goes to Barbados to retrieve his land.

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. What is Selina's sister's name?

3. What type of mood does Silla have on that Monday morning as Deighton is leaving to go to the bank to cash his check?

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

5. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?

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