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

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

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

4. What does Selina feel that she can do at the end of the book?
(a) Find a man who will marry her and take her away.
(b) Face prejudice and be able to overcome it.
(c) Forget all about Clive.
(d) Dance better than anyone else.

5. What major announcement does Ina make toward the end of the book?
(a) That she is getting married.
(b) That she is getting a new job.
(c) That she is moving out.
(d) That she is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clive do during the War?

2. What happens when Silla goes into Miss Mary's room?

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

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

5. What does Selina say to the audience at the Association scholarship presentation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Father Peace upset Selina rather than make her feel welcome?

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

6. What does Selina think about the Association?

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

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

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

10. What does Clive's relationship with his mother teach Selina about her own relationship with her mother?

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