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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of mood does Deighton have on that Monday morning before he goes to the bank to cash the check from the land sale?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Downtrodden.

2. What does Selina's mother bring home from work for Selina?
(a) Hand-me down clothes.
(b) A letter.
(c) Candy.
(d) Extra work.

3. Which of the following areas is the point from which the Boyce family emigrates?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Jamaica.

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

5. What are Deighton's happy news?
(a) That he has gotten a job.
(b) That he is buying a house.
(c) That they are about to have a son.
(d) That he has inherited land in Barbados.

6. How does Silla react to Deighton's return following his trip to the bank to cash the check?
(a) She smashes his new trumpet on the floor.
(b) She throws everything out the window.
(c) She scratches his face.
(d) She runs out.

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

8. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?
(a) Because they refused to beg for food.
(b) Because they do not know how to cook.
(c) Because their mother Is out at a party.
(d) Because they do not have a mother.

9. What is the name of Beryl's father?
(a) Daniel.
(b) William.
(c) Peter.
(d) Percy.

10. How much does the Boyce family get from the sale of their land?
(a) $900.
(b) $90,000.
(c) $9,000.
(d) $900,000.

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

12. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?
(a) He refuses to deposit the money.
(b) He goes to Barbados to retrieve his land.
(c) He divorces his wife so that she cannot have the money.
(d) He agrees to go to the bank.

13. During the argument between Selina and Beryl in Book 2, what does Selina believe that she will never do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Understand love.
(c) Start bleeding.
(d) Have babies.

14. What happens when Deighton tries to apply for an accounting job?
(a) He encounters racism.
(b) He is hired.
(c) He is beaten up.
(d) He panics and does not go.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?

2. What does Selina find out when she returns home that Monday evening after her father has cashed the check from the land sale?

3. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?

4. What does Selina do to Ina when Ina states that she will tell their father how bad he is?

5. Which of the following item types will Silla make and sell for extra money?

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