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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Silla go to work when the defense factories are closed after the War?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A hospital.
(c) A school.
(d) A prison.

2. In what way does Clive resemble Deighton?
(a) By lounging on the sofa.
(b) By yelling at Selina.
(c) By eating too much.
(d) By having a mistress.

3. Which of the following does Silla think that Miss Mary will not do?
(a) Be kind to Selina.
(b) Ever die and let her rent the room to someone else.
(c) Pay her rent.
(d) Speak to her because she is Black.

4. What happens when Silla goes into Miss Mary's room?
(a) She throws things and nearly chokes Miss Mary.
(b) She tells Mary that she has to move out.
(c) She collapses on the floor from the stench.
(d) She dragged Selina away, saying that Miss Mary is a bad person.

5. At the end of Book 3, what does Silla do when she realizes that Deighton will not be returning?
(a) She moves to another state with her daughters.
(b) She orders Selina to never visit her father again.
(c) She turns him in as an illegal immigrant.
(d) She tries to kill him.

6. Which of the following career types does Silla want Selina to pursue after college?
(a) Legal.
(b) Educational.
(c) Medical.
(d) Political.

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

8. Which of the following is the reason upon which Clive bases his thoughts that Selina should not socialize with Whites?
(a) They will beat her.
(b) They just want to appear to be non-racist.
(c) They are liars and cheaters.
(d) They make fun of her.

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

10. How does Deighton die?
(a) He is stabbed by a robber.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He drowns.
(d) He is sent to fight in the War.

11. What does Clive's mother do to his paintings?
(a) She throws them in the street.
(b) She sells them.
(c) She burns them.
(d) She hangs them in her house.

12. Which of the following causes Selina to run out of the room at the party after the dance recital?
(a) Beryl yelling at everyone and embarrassing Selina.
(b) Mrs. Benton telling her to clean up the room.
(c) Being ashamed of her mother.
(d) Mrs. Benton asking her to do a West Indies accent.

13. What changes in Selina's physical appearance are based on her grief over her father's death?
(a) She scratches her skin until she bled.
(b) She wastes away into a stick figure.
(c) She bites her fingernails to the quick.
(d) She pulls all her hair out.

14. What happens on the walk home after the Association meeting?
(a) They drink rum.
(b) Clive convinces Selina to join the Association.
(c) Selina remembers Miss Thompson's story and runs away.
(d) Selina and Clive have sex.

15. After Deighton dies, what happens when Selina dreams about boys?
(a) Ina is angry with her..
(b) Her mother slaps her face to awaken her from the dream.
(c) Suggie discourages her from having sex.
(d) Her father reaches out to her from beyond the grave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Selina learn about racism because of her experience with Rachel Fine?

2. Which of the following reasons serves as the basis for Selina's decision to go to the Association meeting?

3. 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?

4. Which of the following is Miss Thompson's advice to a grown-up Selina?

5. How do the other dancers respond to Selina's performance at her dance recital?

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