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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. Where does Silla get a new job in Book 3?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At the bakery.
(c) At the church.
(d) At a defense factory.

2. In Book 3, what are the names of Silla's two friends who visit her to talk about church?
(a) Elinor and Hattie.
(b) Beulah and Margaret.
(c) Florrie and Irene.
(d) Florrie and Iris.

3. What does Silla tell her daughters that she did as a child?
(a) Wove cloth.
(b) Worked in the fields.
(c) Shined shoes.
(d) Drank rum.

4. What does Silla think of Selina?
(a) That Selina is her pride and joy.
(b) That Selina will never amount to anything.
(c) That Selina should be sent away.
(d) That Selina is the cross that she has to bear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beryl do to comfort Selina after they argue at the park?

2. How does Miss Thompson like to spend her money?

3. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?

4. What gift does Deighton have for Selina after cashing the land sale check?

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

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