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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 Selina wonder when Ina makes her major announcement without exhibiting much excitement?
(a) Whether all women are ambiguous about getting married.
(b) Whether Suggie is okay.
(c) Whether her mother will ever marry someone new.
(d) Whether she will ever find a man.

2. What do Miss Mary and Silla have in common?
(a) They two of them are afraid to die.
(b) They both work hard, but have driven their daughters away.
(c) They both want to marry rich men.
(d) They both have miserable lives.

3. Which of the following does Selina not realize about her relationship with Clive?
(a) That it is as good as it will ever get.
(b) That it resembles the one that her parents share.
(c) That it can never go any further than it already has.
(d) That it is about to get very serious.

4. Which of the following is Selina reminded about by the women in white associated with Father Peace?
(a) Brides.
(b) Infants.
(c) Goddesses.
(d) Nuns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Miss Thompson years before, during her youth?

2. In Book 4, where does Selina attend a party despite still deeply grieving over her father's death?

3. What does Selina realize when she sees the manner in which Mrs. Benton treats her daughter?

4. What does Silla think about Father Peace?

5. What does Mrs. Benton say about Selina?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Selina go to her first Association meeting?

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

3. Why does Suggie warn Selina to stay away from the Barbadian Association?

4. How does Selina's manner of dress following her father's death reflect her inner emotional state?

5. Why does Selina call her mother "Hitler"?

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

7. Why is Silla upset with Deighton's adoration of Father Peace?

8. Why is Selina mistaken in trying so hard to promote Clive's art?

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

10. How does Selina surprise herself when she meets Clive?

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