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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. Which of the following is Selina selected for in Book 4?
(a) A scholarship to college.
(b) A trip to Washington, D.C.
(c) To perform as a soloist at Ina's church.
(d) To perform a solo at the dance recital.

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

3. What does Clive do a lot?
(a) Drinks.
(b) Reads.
(c) Paints.
(d) Plays the harmonica.

4. Whose house do the dancers go to following the performance?
(a) Beryl's.
(b) Suggie's.
(c) Miss Thompson's.
(d) Margaret Benton's.

5. Which of the following dreams does Silla realize in Book 4?
(a) Seeing her daughter get married.
(b) Marrying a rich man.
(c) Moving to a new neighborhood.
(d) Owning her own house.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Silla manage to evict Suggie?

2. What does Selina realize when she dances and laughs with Suggie following Miss Mary's death?

3. What happens on the walk home after the Association meeting?

4. Which of the following is the reason upon which Clive bases his thoughts that Selina should not socialize with Whites?

5. In Book 4, which of the of the following does Ina declare to care more about than boys?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Selina realize about herself upon going to a party at Beryl's house?

2. Why does Clive warn Selina against joining the Modern Dance Club?

3. What is significant about Selina's call to Rachel Fine for help in finding a job?

4. What does Selina think about the Association?

5. How does Selina know that her father is truly lost to her family?

6. Why does Selina seclude herself and refuse to go out following her father's death?

7. Why does Selina finally leave Clive?

8. What kind of symbolism is embedded in Selina's new job?

9. In Book 3, Chapter 8, why does Selina ask Deighton to take her to see Father Peace?

10. Why does Miss Thompson tell Selina the story of how her foot became ulcerated?

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