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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 happens on the walk home after the Association meeting?
(a) Clive convinces Selina to join the Association.
(b) Selina remembers Miss Thompson's story and runs away.
(c) They drink rum.
(d) Selina and Clive have sex.

2. Which of the following is Miss Thompson's advice to a grown-up Selina?
(a) To refrain from attending Association meetings.
(b) To stay away from boys.
(c) To graduate from college.
(d) To have a good time while she can.

3. In what way does Clive resemble Deighton?
(a) By lounging on the sofa.
(b) By having a mistress.
(c) By yelling at Selina.
(d) By eating too much.

4. How dowa Selina plan to change things for Clive?
(a) She wants to sell his paintings and help him get rich.
(b) She wants to enroll Clive in college.
(c) She wants to get married so that his mother will not be so bossy.
(d) She wanta to go away where he can paint freely.

5. What does Clive's mother do to his paintings?
(a) She burns them.
(b) She sells them.
(c) She throws them in the street.
(d) She hangs them in her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Selina and her father leave the place where Father Peace gathers his followers, to whom are they compared by the narrator?

2. Which of the following does Silla think that Miss Mary will not do?

3. How does Silla react to Deighton's news about his new devotion to Father Peace?

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

5. What does Selina learn about racism because of her experience with Rachel Fine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Selina think upon meeting Clive's mother?

3. In Book 4, Chapters 1-3, Silla finally achieves her dream of owning the house that she and Selina live in. What makes it apparent that it has not made her happy?

4. What is Selina planning to do when she decides to try to help Clive with his art career?

5. As Selina gains more life experience with other mothers such as Clive's and Mrs. Benton, what does she realize?

6. What does Selina think about Ina making her engagement announcement in a less than excited way?

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

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

9. What does Selina think about the Association?

10. After Miss Mary dies, Selina dances and laughs with Suggie. What do those actions convey to Selina about herself?

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