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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. What does Silla think of Selina?
(a) That Selina is her pride and joy.
(b) That Selina is the cross that she has to bear.
(c) That Selina will never amount to anything.
(d) That Selina should be sent away.

2. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?
(a) Because they wanted to scare the girls.
(b) Because they knew that girls would never get married if they did not have knowledge about sex.
(c) Because they thought that girls were evil.
(d) Because they thought that the girls would not have sex if they did not know about it.

3. What does Silla's friend, Florrie do to Selina that upsets her?
(a) Makes fun of her.
(b) Touches her breast.
(c) Hits her.
(d) Tells her that she is ugly.

4. What does Selina's mother bring home from work for Selina?
(a) Extra work.
(b) Candy.
(c) Hand-me down clothes.
(d) A letter.

5. How many siblings does Beryl have?
(a) Seven (7).
(b) Six (6).
(c) Five (5).
(d) Three (3).

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Deighton see on his way to visit his mistress?

2. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?

3. Where does Silla get a new job in Book 3?

4. How does Selina feel when she realizes that her mother has not told her about the facts of life?

5. Why is Silla not happy about Deighton's good news?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Selina uncomfortable in Book 2 when she sees the couple making out in the park ?

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

3. How do the clothes that Selina, Silla, and Ina wear to the wedding of 'Gupta Steed's daughter reflect their positions in the family?

4. How do Deighton's actions support Silla's annoyances with him?

5. How does Deighton respond to the racism that he encounters while applying for accounting jobs?

6. Deighton starts to believe in a cult-like religion. Which cult-like religion is it?

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

8. In Book 3, how does Silla manage to sell Deighton's land out from under him?

9. How are Silla and Miss Thompson alike?

10. What is the main problem in Silla's and Deighton's marriage?

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