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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 best states the reason that Selina decides that she has to leave at the end of he book?
(a) She hopes to make a new set of friends elsewhere.
(b) She is too much like her mother to stay.
(c) She wants to make lots of money.
(d) She is ashamed about having had sex with Clive.

2. How does Silla react to Selina calling her Hitler?
(a) She throws Selina out of the house.
(b) She allows Selina to cry and comforts her.
(c) She tells Selina that she is useless.
(d) She drinks herself into an incoherent state.

3. Which of the following does Ina state that she does not want?
(a) A birthday party.
(b) An elaborate dress.
(c) A new boarder.
(d) A fancy wedding.

4. What changes in Selina's physical appearance are based on her grief over her father's death?
(a) She bites her fingernails to the quick.
(b) She pulls all her hair out.
(c) She scratches her skin until she bled.
(d) She wastes away into a stick figure.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Father Peace deem to be a dirty word?

2. In Book 4, which of the following does Selina notice when comparing herself to the other girls at the party?

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

4. What does Deighton tell his family after having become more enthralled with Father Peace?

5. In Book 4, Chapter 10, which of the following statements best describes how Clive chooses to respond when his mother asks for his help?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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