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

2. What happens when Silla goes into Miss Mary's room?
(a) She tells Mary that she has to move out.
(b) She throws things and nearly chokes Miss Mary.
(c) She dragged Selina away, saying that Miss Mary is a bad person.
(d) She collapses on the floor from the stench.

3. Which of the following causes Selina to run out of the room at the party after the dance recital?
(a) Mrs. Benton telling her to clean up the room.
(b) Mrs. Benton asking her to do a West Indies accent.
(c) Beryl yelling at everyone and embarrassing Selina.
(d) Being ashamed of her mother.

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

5. Where does Deighton live and work after leaving his family?
(a) On the streets.
(b) With his brother.
(c) At the peace restaurant.
(d) With his mistress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Selina realize at the Association scholarship presentation?

2. What kind of job does Selina get at the end of the book?

3. How do the other dancers respond to Selina's performance at her dance recital?

4. What changes in Selina's physical appearance are based on her grief over her father's death?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Book 3, Chapters 8-10, what is the basis that Silla relies on to blame Deighton for the death of their son?

3. Does Selina's experience with the Modern Dance Club reinforce Clive's belief that the White people who belong to it are racists?

4. What does Mrs. Benton think about Selina?

5. What does Selina think about the Association?

6. Why does Selina decline the Association scholarship?

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

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

9. 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?

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

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