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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who finally listens to Selina's worries about Silla's plan to sell Deighton's land?
(a) Miss Mary.
(b) The priest.
(c) Miss Thompson.
(d) Suggie.

2. Which of the following item types will Silla make and sell for extra money?
(a) Knitted sweaters.
(b) Hand-strung rosary beads.
(c) Delicacies from Barbados.
(d) Handmade brooms.

3. In Book 3, how does Silla carry out her plan to get money for a house?
(a) She forces her husband to sell the land.
(b) She divorces her husband and marries another man.
(c) She kills her husband and inherits the land.
(d) She forges her husband's signature and writes to his sister.

4. What will the children at Miss Thompson's do when it is time for bed?
(a) They will jump on the bed.
(b) They will fall asleep on the floor.
(c) They will crawl into Miss Thompson's bed.
(d) They will throw a tantrum.

5. 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 bad father.
(d) That he is a foolish husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Selina wish for on her 15th birthday?

2. Where does Silla go to work when the defense factories are closed after the War?

3. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?

4. How does Maritze react to Suggie's lovers staying over?

5. What does Selina think that her mother wishes that she were?

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