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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. In the opening of Chapter 3, Shirley is introduced as "not yet" whom (217)?
(a) Mrs. Halifax.
(b) Mrs. Wilson.
(c) Mrs. Kent.
(d) Mrs. King.

2. How old was Megan when she shaved her head?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

3. How is GG related to Megan?
(a) GG is Megan's great-grandmother.
(b) GG is Megan's great-great grandmother.
(c) GG is Megan's grandmother.
(d) GG is Megan's great-aunt.

4. Who among Winsome's friends was a clerk at the CIA in Virginia before becoming her friend/neighbor?
(a) Amma.
(b) Celestine.
(c) Dominique.
(d) Clarice.

5. What surgery did Morgan describe having undergone when they spoke at Yazz's college?
(a) Appendectomy.
(b) Breast removal.
(c) Spleenectomy.
(d) Vaginal construction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Winsome's profession before she retired?

2. Who was GG's husband?

3. Who is the headmaster at the school when Shirley begins working there in Chapter 3?

4. What was Shirley's last name before she married?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Megan's relationship to GG?

4. How did Megan meet Bibi? What was the nature of their early relationship?

5. Why does Penelope resent multiculturalism?

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

7. What was Shirley's outlook when she began teaching?

8. How is Penelope's marriage to Phillip described?

9. How is the theme of prejudice explored through Shirley's character?

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

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