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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 spectacle does Belinda get to witness for the first time on the holiday celebration depicted in Chapter 24?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Synchronized swimming.
(c) Trapeze artists.
(d) A beach volleyball game.

2. What kind of vehicle runs over and kills Mary?
(a) A caravan.
(b) A BMW.
(c) A pedicab.
(d) A truck.

3. Just before Belinda goes upstairs to make up with Amma in Chapter 28, what task does she complete?
(a) She cooks a meal.
(b) She polishes the silver.
(c) She does the laundry.
(d) She mops the floor.

4. What two actions does Mary only half-jokingly tell Belinda are her favorite things to do?
(a) Live and learn.
(b) Use puns and tell jokes.
(c) Play rough and tease.
(d) Eat and sleep.

5. When Belinda tells Mary the words she will use to tell Amma about Mary, what is NOT a word Belinda uses?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Special.
(c) Clever.
(d) Nice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Nana to tell her the bad news about Mary?

2. Amma declares that she likes Belinda bcause Belinda "really" (143) takes what action?

3. Who wakes Belinda in Chapter 32 so that she can answer a phone call from London?

4. What adjective does Belinda mentally use to describe the promise Nana forcibly elicits from her?

5. What is the name of Amma's teddy bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major plot point occurs within the scene at Starbucks?

2. How does Belinda react to the major revelation Amma makes to her?

3. To what type of location does Amma take Belinda on the girls' eighth trip home from Abacus College?

4. Describe Helena's personality.

5. How does Donkor use foreshadowing within the scene when Amma is waiting for Roisin at Starbucks?

6. What misconceptions does Belinda have about homosexuality?

7. What habit of Belinda's does Mary point out is still going on, even though Belinda is now in London rather than Duban?

8. What does Amma's teddy bear symbolize?

9. What reasons does Roisin offer for her ghosting of Amma and how do they all connect?

10. For what reason does Nana become brusque and severe with Belinda in the time around the shopping trip to Waitrose?

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