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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the other dancers respond to Selina's performance at her dance recital?
(a) They laugh at her.
(b) They throw things at her.
(c) They think that she is amazing.
(d) They are jealous.

2. In Book 4, Chapter 6, how does Selina feel when Clive leaves to pick up his mother?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Abandoned.

3. What kind of job does Selina get at the end of the book?
(a) Dancing at a bar.
(b) Singing at a jazz club.
(c) Dancing on a cruise ship.
(d) Teaching dance lessons.

4. What does Clive do during the War?
(a) Digs fox holes.
(b) Flies fighter planes.
(c) Cleans up dead bodies.
(d) Is a cook in the Navy.

5. What does Selina wonder when Ina makes her major announcement without exhibiting much excitement?
(a) Whether Suggie is okay.
(b) Whether her mother will ever marry someone new.
(c) Whether she will ever find a man.
(d) Whether all women are ambiguous about getting married.

6. Which of the following does Selina like most while she is at college?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) Coney Island.

7. Which of the following does Selina not realize about her relationship with Clive?
(a) That it can never go any further than it already has.
(b) That it is as good as it will ever get.
(c) That it is about to get very serious.
(d) That it resembles the one that her parents share.

8. What does Selina realize when Miss Mary dies?
(a) That things are almost the same anyway.
(b) That Suggie hates Miss Mary.
(c) That Miss Mary has a fortune.
(d) That death is scary.

9. What does Suggie do after Miss Mary dies?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She moves out.
(c) She tells Selina that they should be happy while they can be.
(d) She gets a new job.

10. Whom of the following does the author indicate that she has been made to feel like when referring to the hard future that Selina has faced?
(a) Rachel Fine.
(b) Miss Thompson.
(c) Miss Mary.
(d) Silla, Selina's mother.

11. What are Selina's plans at the end of the book?
(a) That she plans to return to Barbados.
(b) That she agrees to do what her mother has asked her to do.
(c) That she is planning to move in with Suggie.
(d) That she still plans to go away.

12. What major announcement does Ina make toward the end of the book?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she is getting a new job.
(c) That she is getting married.
(d) That she is moving out.

13. Where does Deighton live and work after leaving his family?
(a) On the streets.
(b) At the peace restaurant.
(c) With his mistress.
(d) With his brother.

14. When Miss Thompson sees Selina as an adult, what topic does she discuss with her?
(a) Life in the South.
(b) Why Silla is so angry.
(c) How girls can get pregnant.
(d) Her foot ulcer.

15. What do Miss Mary and Silla have in common?
(a) They two of them are afraid to die.
(b) They both want to marry rich men.
(c) They both work hard, but have driven their daughters away.
(d) They both have miserable lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clive do a lot?

2. After Deighton dies, what happens when Selina dreams about boys?

3. What does Selina realize when she sees the manner in which Mrs. Benton treats her daughter?

4. Which of the following dreams does Silla realize in Book 4?

5. What does Selina do at her home after leaving Clive's apartment for the last time?

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