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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Father Peace?
(a) A priest who tries to help Selina's family.
(b) A man from Barbados who claims to be God.
(c) A missionary from the Caribbean.
(d) A man who Deighton believes to be God incarnate.

3. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?
(a) Staten Island.
(b) Greenwich Village.
(c) Fulton Street.
(d) Central Park.

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

5. Which of the following is one of the reasons that Maritze is bitter?
(a) She is illegitimate.
(b) She is crippled.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is too tall.

6. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?
(a) Milk.
(b) Rum.
(c) Soda.
(d) Gin.

7. What does Selina wish for on her 15th birthday?
(a) For a boyfriend.
(b) For a new best friend.
(c) For a new home.
(d) For her parents to be happy together.

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

9. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?
(a) Miss Mary.
(b) The police.
(c) His mother.
(d) Yearwood.

10. What does Selina do as Beryl comforts her at the park in Book 2?
(a) She reads poetry that she has written.
(b) She wonders what is going on.
(c) She tells a story from the island.
(d) She keeps arguing.

11. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?
(a) She owns the brownstone.
(b) She is White.
(c) She is Selina's father's employer.
(d) She has a car.

12. In Book 3, when she attends the wedding, which of the following does Selina mentally picture herself as being in relation to the bow on her head?
(a) A queen with a crown.
(b) Athena in her flowing gowns.
(c) A unicorn with his horn.
(d) Holding up the world at last.

13. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?
(a) Go to Prospect Park.
(b) Look for her father.
(c) Spend the afternoon at Coney Island.
(d) Visit a boy.

14. How is the mood in the household after Deighton has cashed his check from the land sale and has returned to the house?
(a) Tense.
(b) Distraught.
(c) Harmonious.
(d) Aloof.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Selina at the opening of the book?

2. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?

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

4. What do Selina and Beryl argue about in Book 2?

5. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does the other man think that Deighton will not make money at his latest venture?

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