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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. When Suggie gives Selina some rum to drink in Book 2, what does she tell Selina that the rum will do to her?
(a) Turn her into a sexy woman.
(b) Turn her into a summer woman.
(c) Turn her into a happy woman.
(d) Turn her into a forgetful woman.

2. What is one of the main issues that the Boyce family faces?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Fire.
(c) Racism.
(d) Floods.

3. When Silla and Deighton argue after he has become a follower of Father Peace, what huge family burden and loss does Silla blame Deighton for having caused?
(a) Selina's thoughts about marriage.
(b) The death of their son.
(c) Ina's unhappiness.
(d) The problems in the neighborhood.

4. 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.

5. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?
(a) Because she does not believe that a doctor can cure her.
(b) Because she is afraid of doctors.
(c) Because she thinks that they will send her to an asylum.
(d) Because she does not have any money.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of New York does the Boyce family live?

2. In Book 3, what are the names of Silla's two friends who visit her to talk about church?

3. In Book 4, whom of the following does Selina spend a lot of time with despite that person having lost the ability to talk?

4. Whose wedding does the family attend in Book 3?

5. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?

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