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

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

2. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what is Deighton's latest idea for making money?
(a) Chopping wood.
(b) Selling voodoo dolls.
(c) Accounting.
(d) Making rum.

3. In Book 3, how does Silla carry out her plan to get money for a house?
(a) She forges her husband's signature and writes to his sister.
(b) She divorces her husband and marries another man.
(c) She forces her husband to sell the land.
(d) She kills her husband and inherits the land.

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

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

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

7. What does Selina do to Ina when Ina states that she will tell their father how bad he is?
(a) Selina tries to strangle Ina.
(b) Selina pulls Ina's hair.
(c) Selina beat ups Ina.
(d) Selina pushes Ina into a door.

8. What do Selina's parents argue about frequently?
(a) About whether they should go back to Barbados.
(b) About what to do with the land in Barbados.
(c) About whether to have another baby.
(d) About where to send Selina to school.

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

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

11. With whom does Selina dance at the wedding?
(a) Deighton.
(b) An old man.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Ina.

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

13. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?
(a) She gets a job.
(b) She is transferred to a different school.
(c) She gets married.
(d) She gets her period.

14. What is the relationship between Mary and Maritze?
(a) Mother and daughter.
(b) Roommates.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Old lady and her nurse.

15. What does Beryl tell Selina will happen to her if she does not menstruate by the time that she turns 20 years of age?
(a) That she will lose her hair.
(b) That she will get fat.
(c) That she will be shunned.
(d) That she will die.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the mood in the household after Deighton has cashed his check from the land sale and has returned to the house?

2. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?

3. How many siblings does Beryl have?

4. In Book 3, what does Silla say that she will do to get what she wants?

5. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?

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