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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?
(a) She runs a bakery and does laundry.
(b) She runs a restaurant.
(c) She cleans homes for the rich.
(d) She runs a beauty shop and cleans offices.

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

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

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

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

7. How do others react when Selina tries to tell them about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?
(a) They tell her mother.
(b) They do not listen to her.
(c) They tell her that it is not any of her business.
(d) They tell her father.

8. Which of the following phrase best describes the relationship between Deighton and Silla?
(a) Unhappy marriage.
(b) Father and daughter.
(c) Having an affair.
(d) Brother and sister.

9. 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 forgetful woman.
(b) Turn her into a summer woman.
(c) Turn her into a sexy woman.
(d) Turn her into a happy woman.

10. What does Mary think that Maritze's focus should be?
(a) Making more friends.
(b) Finding a husband.
(c) Finding a new home.
(d) Getting a job.

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

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

13. After accounting, what does Deighton decide to do for a living?
(a) Play the trumpet.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Become a policeman.
(d) Drive trolleys.

14. 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 runs out.
(c) She scratches his face.
(d) She throws everything out the window.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silla think of Selina?

2. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?

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

4. At the end of Book 3, Chapter 4, how does Deighton respond when he discovers what his wife has done?

5. What is the relationship between Suggie and Selina?

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