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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. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?
(a) Spend the afternoon at Coney Island.
(b) Look for her father.
(c) Go to Prospect Park.
(d) Visit a boy.

2. What gift does Deighton have for Selina after cashing the land sale check?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A puppy.
(c) Hair ribbon.
(d) A gift certificate to the bookstore.

3. What does Beryl tell Selina will happen to her if she does not menstruate by the time that she turns 20 years of age?
(a) That she will lose her hair.
(b) That she will be shunned.
(c) That she will die.
(d) That she will get fat.

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 gotten a job.
(d) That he has inherited land in Barbados.

5. What does Ina tell her mother that her father plans to do?
(a) Move west.
(b) Divorce her.
(c) Have a son.
(d) Move back to the island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?

2. What happens when Deighton tries to apply for an accounting job?

3. Why does Selina think that babies are born by cutting the mother's stomach open?

4. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?

5. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?

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