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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Joyce's mother treat Joyce?
(a) She is open.
(b) She is strict.
(c) She is like a friend.
(d) She is laid back.

2. What group does Len join in 1940?
(a) The Navy.
(b) The Army.
(c) The British Army.
(d) Local Defense Volunteers.

3. When does Joyce marry for the first time?
(a) Christmas,1937.
(b) September, 1940.
(c) Christmas, 1936.
(d) September, 1939.

4. Who is caught stealing brandy?
(a) The ship's cooper.
(b) The second mate.
(c) The first mate.
(d) The captain.

5. What does Joyce think of government warnings?
(a) They are to be taken seriously.
(b) They are thoughtful and concerning.
(c) She is neutral towards them.
(d) They are silly and transparent.

6. What do the villagers complain about in "Somewhere in England"?
(a) The soldiers staying in their village.
(b) The soldiers staying in a different village.
(c) Joyce's mother.
(d) None of the above.

7. Where does "Somewhere in England" take place?
(a) Liverpool, England.
(b) The English countryside.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

8. Where does the Duke of York set sail from?
(a) Australia.
(b) New York Harbor.
(c) Liverpool, England.
(d) Africa.

9. What happens to Sandra in 1940?
(a) She dies in childbirth.
(b) She is killed in a bombing.
(c) She dies of her illness.
(d) Her husband kills her.

10. What does the Voice of Africa say about Joyce?
(a) Joyce will never be one of her own.
(b) Joyce is the voice of Africa.
(c) Joyce failed her people.
(d) Joyce is one of her own.

11. Who did Joyce meet in London?
(a) Herbert.
(b) Greer.
(c) Travis.
(d) Len.

12. What group arrives in the small village in "Somewhere in England"?
(a) White American soldiers.
(b) Black American soldiers.
(c) African slaves.
(d) African slave traders.

13. What does Hamilton do with the three old women slaves that come aboard?
(a) He gives them to another ship.
(b) He sells them.
(c) He orders them to be disposed of.
(d) He frees them.

14. What do a lot of slaves and crew members succumb to?
(a) Malaria and dysentery.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Measles.

15. Who is Tommy?
(a) Joyce's friend.
(b) Joyce's son.
(c) Len's son.
(d) Sandra's son.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Joyce hold in June, 1939?

2. Who does Joyce marry?

3. What is the stateroom of the ship set up for?

4. Who is Mr. Davey?

5. How does Joyce's first marriage end?

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