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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 was the profession of Lennox's great aunt who raised him?
(a) She was a schoolteacher.
(b) She was a butcher.
(c) She was a journalist.
(d) She was a banker.

2. When did the Education Act pass that made school free for all children in England, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1955.

3. What are the names of Shirley's brothers?
(a) Jack and Roger.
(b) Jasona and Brian.
(c) Tony and Errol.
(d) Robert and Michael.

4. What did Bibi earn a degree in at Sussex?
(a) Cultural Studies.
(b) Political Science.
(c) Post-modernist Theory.
(d) Interior Design.

5. Where is Josephine said to be from in Chapter 3?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Mark than Megan?

2. What Guyanese poet wrote I is a Long Memoried Woman?

3. Who owns the bar Drunken Nostalgia?

4. Where is the writer Olive Senior from?

5. What did Karen grow up to be, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Megan feel different as a child?

2. Why is Morgan in attendance at the play in the present-day narrative?

3. What is Megan's relationship to GG?

4. How is Penelope described when her character is first introduced in Chapter 3?

5. What is Hattie's biggest secret?

6. How do Shirley's views about her job change over time?

7. How is language stressed in Megan/Morgan's narrative?

8. Why does Penelope resent multiculturalism?

9. How is gender neutrality defined?

10. How do Shirley and Amma know one another?

(see the answer keys)

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