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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. During the argument between Selina and Beryl in Book 2, what does Selina believe that she will never do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Start bleeding.
(c) Have babies.
(d) Understand love.

2. Which of the following is the year in which the opening of the book is set?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1919.

3. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?
(a) She runs a restaurant.
(b) She runs a beauty shop and cleans offices.
(c) She cleans homes for the rich.
(d) She runs a bakery and does laundry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 3, Chapter 1, what is it about Selina that changes at the same time that the major world event is taking place?

2. Where do people in the story go for fun on a Saturday night?

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

4. Which of the following phrase best describes the relationship between Deighton and Silla?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Book 2, Beryl and Selina have a conversation about babies being born. Why do they not know the facts of life?

2. In Book 2, Beryl thinks that babies just pop out easily. What misinformation does she have about menstruation?

3. Why does Selina think that babies are born by chopping the mother's stomach open?

4. How are Silla and Miss Thompson alike?

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

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

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

8. Following his work injury, why does Deighton see no point in engaging in physical therapy to enable his injured arm back to full strength?

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

10. In Book 3, Chapters 1-4, what does Florrie do to Selina that shocks her so much? And why does she do it?

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