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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 3, what are the names of Silla's two friends who visit her to talk about church?
(a) Beulah and Margaret.
(b) Florrie and Iris.
(c) Elinor and Hattie.
(d) Florrie and Irene.

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

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

4. What gift does Deighton have for Selina after cashing the land sale check?
(a) Hair ribbon.
(b) A gift certificate to the bookstore.
(c) New shoes.
(d) A puppy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Deighton's happy news?

3. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what world event changes everyone's lives?

4. Why are the children at Miss Thompson's hungry?

5. Which of the following areas is the point from which the Boyce family emigrates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What wish does Selina make on her 15th birthday; and why does she regret it?

2. What is Selina's relationship with her mother like?

3. In Book 1, why does Selina not want to wear the second-hand clothes that Silla has brought home?

4. Why does Silla want to sell the land that her husband has inherited in Barbados so badly?

5. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why is Maritze so annoyed with Suggie's romantic adventures?

6. How is the issue of racism introduced in Book 1?

7. Why does Suggie drink rum and act so promiscuous?

8. Why do you think that Deighton is seeking out a mistress?

9. Miss Thompson's roommate has three little girls, but it is Miss Thompson who cares for them. Why is that?

10. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does Selina worry about her mother?

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