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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Karen grow up to be, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) A pharmacist.
(b) A computer scientist.
(c) A professor.
(d) An interior designer.

2. Amma and Dominique met at an audition for a film set where, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?
(a) A law firm.
(b) A hedge fund.
(c) A women's prison.
(d) A preparatory school.

3. What does Dominique run now in America in Chapter 5?
(a) A women's arts festival.
(b) A designer clothing store.
(c) A bank.
(d) A preparatory school.

4. From what narrative perspective is the novel related?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) First person.
(c) Third person.
(d) Second person.

5. Dominique says that she has been seeing the same therapist since she left who in Chapter 5?
(a) Lennox.
(b) Nzinga.
(c) Yazz.
(d) Amma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Amma's mother born?

2. Who was Penelope Halifax's first husband?

3. Who among Amma's cast is described in Chapter 1 as having turned from a hopeful actress into a "spoilt little prima donna who ordered her director to pop out and fetch her a caramel latte a couple of weeks ago" (5)?

4. What is John Clayton said to teach in Chapter 3?

5. Where is Amma's play at the National set?

(see the answer key)

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