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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. Where is Maryse Conde from?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Guadalupe.
(c) Barbados.
(d) Jamaica.

2. What does Roy Stevenson teach at Shirley's school in Chapter 3?
(a) Physics.
(b) Geography.
(c) Biology.
(d) English Literature.

3. Where is author Rosa Guy from?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Guadalupe.

4. Where is Waris from?
(a) New York.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Somalia.
(d) Trinidad.

5. What is Megan's mother's profession?
(a) She is a day trader.
(b) She is an educational administrator.
(c) She is a nurse.
(d) She is a schoolteacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who among Winsome's friends was a clerk at the CIA in Virginia before becoming her friend/neighbor?

2. What class does Margo teach in Chapter 3?

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

4. What was Bibi called before transitioning?

5. Where did Megan get a job after dropping out of school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Shirley and Amma know one another?

2. Who is Hattie? How is this character described?

3. How did Megan's life change when she was 16?

4. How is Shirley's relationship with Lennox characterized?

5. How is transgender defined?

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

7. How is Penelope's marriage to Giles described?

8. What are Winsome's current circumstances in the present-day timeline in Chapter 3? Where is she living?

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

10. How are the early years of Clovis's and Winsome's marriage described?

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