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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 daydream about when her parents fight?
(a) About running away to California.
(b) About being a better mother than her own.
(c) About being married to a handsome man who is nice.
(d) About being the white child of the former owners of the brownstone.

2. What is the relationship between Selina and Beryl?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Best friends.
(d) Sisters.

3. Why is Silla not happy about Deighton's good news?
(a) Because she does not want more children.
(b) Because she worries that he will squander his inheritance.
(c) Because she is afraid that money is evil.
(d) Because she thinks that he will kill her.

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

5. 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 die.
(b) That she will lose her hair.
(c) That she will get fat.
(d) That she will be shunned.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do others react when Selina tries to tell them about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?

2. In Book 3, what does Silla say that she will do to get what she wants?

3. In Book 3, what is Silla's reaction after hearing her father reminisce about courting her mother?

4. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?

5. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?

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