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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?

2. What does Silla think of Selina?

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, what do Suggie and her date drink?

4. Which of the following areas is the point from which the Boyce family emigrates?

5. What does Selina think that her mother wishes that she were?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the clothes that Selina, Silla, and Ina wear to the wedding of 'Gupta Steed's daughter reflect their positions in the family?

2. What wish does Selina make on her 15th birthday; and why does she regret it?

3. In Book 1, Chapter 3, why does Selina worry about her mother?

4. What is the main problem in Silla's and Deighton's marriage?

5. How are Silla and Miss Thompson alike?

6. How do Selina's daydreams about Barbados differ from her mother's memories?

7. Why is Deighton in such a happy mood at the beginning of Chapter 5?

8. In Book 3, how does Silla manage to sell Deighton's land out from under him?

9. In Book 1, why does Selina not want to wear the second-hand clothes that Silla has brought home?

10. Deighton starts to believe in a cult-like religion. Which cult-like religion is it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Religion and poverty are important issues in Brown Girl, Brownstones. How are the two tied together? Does religion impact any character's view or relationship with money? Does poverty prompt some of the characters to seek religion? Why?

Essay Topic 2

What is the pivotal moment in Selina's life that changes her entire future? Is there more than one? Define Selina's pivotal moments, and analyze how they change her.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss Miss Thompson's role in the book. What character(s) can be contrasted or compared to her? Connect your comparison or contrast if any, to a major theme within the book.

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